AN INVESTIGATION OF PREVENTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF BRAIN STROKE AMONG ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DISEASES IN NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY IN 2020

Abstract

Objective: To describe the current status of knowledge about the prevention of brain stroke of elderly people with type II diabetes at Central Endocrinology Hospital. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted from November 2019 - June 2020 on 248 elderly patients with diabetes at the National Hospital of Endocrinology in 2020. Results: The ratio of right-brain knowledge is the organ lesion of brain stroke was 89,1%. The percentage of study subjects with good knowledge of signs of stroke is relatively good: sudden and intense headache is 76,2%; Suddenly weak on one side of the person is 99,6%; Suddenly difficult to say is 98,8%; only 25,4% of the correct answers to the sudden onset of dementia were signs of a brain stroke. Knowledge of the subject’s right actions when encountering a suspected case of brain stroke is good, namely: 96% of the correct answers must avoid falling for patients when a brain stroke occurs; 96,4% said that stroke patients should be taken to hospital as soon as possible; only 0,4% of the respondents responded to the stroke at home. Conclusion: Knowledge about the prevention of brain stroke of elderly people with type II diabetes at Central Endocrinology Hospital is relatively good.