AbstractBackground of the study: Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the world after heart diseases and cancers. Annually, 15 million people worldwide suffer from a stroke. Out of these, 5 million attain optimal recovery, 5 million die, and 5 million suffer from a long lasting disability, placing a huge burden on families and communities.
Aim of study: To assess the effectiveness of information booklet regarding stroke and its prevention among hypertensive patients.
Materials & Method: A Quasi-Experimental research design with one group Pre-test and Post-test design. Which consists of 60 hypertensive patients who are admitted in general medical ward in hospital, Bangalore. Structured knowledge questionnaire was developed in order to assess the knowledge regarding stroke and its prevention. A time limit of 30 minutes was taken to each sample for pre-test and followed a booklet for 30-45 minutes. The post-test was conducted by researcher after a period of one week using the same tool. The tools used for data analysis in this study were descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The results of the study showed that the pre-test among the 60 samples 27 (45%) samples had poor knowledge, 33(55%) samples had average knowledge and none of the sample had good and very good level of knowledge regarding stroke and its prevention among hypertensive patients. During the post-test 10(16.67%) samples had average knowledge, 33 (55%) samples achieved good level of knowledge, 17 (28.33%)samples had very good level of knowledge and none of the samples had poor knowledge.
Conclusion: Based on the research findings, it was concluded that the booklet gained and improved regarding stroke and its prevention among hypertensive patients.