Patient awareness on stroke fast track in primary care center

Stroke is a crucial public disease. Even though there is a service called stroke fast track, a number of patients still cannot be provided with rt-PA (recombinant tissue plasminogen alteplase), in time. The objective of this study is to evaluate the awareness of those who are at risk of having stroke. The sample group is chosen from the patients at Family Practice Center in Phranakorn Sri Ayuthaya Province. The findings indicate that from the total number of 346 participants, 94.8% of them have known the term “stroke”. However, only 11.6% of them have known the term “stroke fast track”, and 50% of this group reported that this term has been introduced to them by public health officers. The key factor (statistic value is p<0.05), which contributes to their awareness of stroke, is education level. Meanwhile, the main factors (statistic value is p<0.05) that contributes to their awareness of a within-3-hour time length required in receiving a treatment, are age and education level. It indicates the participants with under 60 years old (adj. OR 2.08 [95%CI 1.06, 4.07) and with High School Certificate or Vocational Diploma (adj. OR 4.41 [95%CI 1.15, 16.93]) have a better awareness of this matter. It can be concluded from the findings that although the majority of participants are familiar with the term, “stroke”, they still lack an awareness of stroke fast track.