Medical Attention Seeking After Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke Before and After the UK Face, Arm, Speech, Time (FAST) Public Education Campaign: Results From the Oxford Vascular Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Risk of major stroke is high during the hours and days after transient ischemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke but is substantially reduced by urgent medical treatment. Public education campaigns have improved the response after major stroke, but their association with behavior after TIA and minor stroke is uncertain. The number of potentially preventable early recurrent strokes in patients who delay or fail to seek medical attention is unknown.

Objective

To investigate the association of public education with delays and failure in seeking medical attention after TIA and minor stroke.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective population-based study of all patients with TIA or stroke who sought medical attention between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2014,

SUBMITTER: Wolters FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233848 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature