Public and outpatients' awareness of calling emergency medical services immediately by acute stroke in an upper middle-income country: a cross-sectional questionnaire study in greater Gaborone, Botswana.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this cross-sectional study from Botswana, we investigated awareness of calling emergency medical services (EMS) and seeking immediate medical assistance by acute stroke among stroke risk outpatients and public.

Method

Closed-ended questionnaires on awareness of calling EMS and seeking immediate medical assistance by acute stroke, were administered by research assistants to a representative selection of outpatients and public.

Results

The response rate was 96.0% (93.0% for public (2013) and 96.6% for outpatients (795)). Public respondents had mean age of 36.1 ± 14.5 years (age range 18-90 years) and 54.5% were females, while outpatients had mean age of 37.4 ± 12.7 years (age range 18-80 years) and 58.1% were females. Awareness of calling EMS (78.3%), and

SUBMITTER: Ookeditse O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472421 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature