Subjective and objective knowledge and decisional role preferences in cerebrovascular patients compared to controls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk knowledge and active role preferences are important for patient involvement in treatment decision-making and adherence. Although knowledge about stroke warning signs and risk factors has received considerable attention, objective knowledge on secondary prevention and further self-esteem subjective knowledge have rarely been studied. The aim of our study was to investigate knowledge and treatment decisional role preferences in cerebrovascular patients compared to controls.

Methods

We performed a survey on subjective and objective stroke risk knowledge and autonomy preferences in cerebrovascular patients from our stroke outpatient clinic (n=262) and from pedestrians on the street taken as controls during a "World Stroke Day" (n=274). The questionnaire includes

SUBMITTER: Riechel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4977072 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature