Perceived Emotional Support and Frequent Social Contacts Are Associated with Greater Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs: Evidence from Two Cross-sectional US Population Surveys
Perceived Emotional Support and Frequent Social Contacts Are Associated with Greater Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs: Evidence from Two Cross-sectional US Population Surveys
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105311412837
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Barger, Steven D.
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作者：
Barger, Steven D.
公众对急性中风症状的了解是公共卫生政策的目标之一。同样，一般的健康知识是社会关系有益效果的假想途径。这项研究在两项基于人群的横断面调查(NS=33,326和80,454)中，考察了中风警告征兆知识与社会关系的数量(最近社会接触的数量)和/或质量(感受到的情感支持)的关系。更高水平的情感支持和更频繁的社会接触独立地与更多的中风警告征兆知识相关。社交隔离是对中风警告信号知之甚少的一个新的标志。
Public knowledge of acute stroke symptoms is a goal of public health policy. Similarly, general health knowledge is a hypothesized pathway for the salutary effects of social ties. This study examined the association of stroke warning sign knowledge with the quantity (number of recent social contacts) and/or quality (perceived emotional support) of social ties in two population-based cross-sectional surveys (Ns = 33,326 and 80,454). Both higher levels of emotional support and more frequent social contacts were independently associated with greater stroke warning sign knowledge. Social isolation is a novel marker of poor knowledge of stroke warning signs.