TITLE:
Young Stroke Prevention Program for University Lecturers with Risk Factors via Smartphone Application
AUTHORS:
Tharisara Chirasatienpon
KEYWORDS:
Young Stroke Prevention Program, University Lecturer, Risk Factors, Smartphone
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.8,
August
6,
2021
ABSTRACT: The
major risk factors for young stroke patients were hypertension, diabetes,
hyperlipidemia, waist circumference, and body mass index. This study evaluated
the effectiveness of a young stroke prevention program for university lecturers via
using a smartphone application. Research
design was a quasi-experimental
research one-group pretest-posttest design with using multistage random
sampling. The study population were Kasetsart university lecturers (n = 21)
with risk factors for stroke, age between 20 - 45 years old. The 13 weeks
program involved sending each subject weekly via a smart phone application
information on stroke education, nutrition management and basic knowledge of
exercise. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the general
characteristics, Inferential statistics to analyze the average scores pre-test
and post-test, with stroke knowledge, weight, waist, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure level, attitude, and risk behavior
were determined using a paired t-test statistic. The post-test results
from the 21 respondents who participated indicated their knowledge level of
stroke education was significantly higher
than the pre-exposure, with mean pre-exposure and post-exposure scores
of 7.81 and 9.10, respectively. Furthermore, body weight, waist size, systolic
blood pressure, diastolic
blood pressure and body mass index, were significantly lower by the end of the program.
However, no significant differences were found for attitude nor for the subject
behavior regarding risk factors of a stroke. This program can act as the guideline to reduce the incidence of young
stroke by reducing risk factors and managing stroke prevention for university
lecturers with risk factors of
stroke.