Abstract:
Appropriate responses to stroke symptoms among family members of patients with acute ischemic stroke can help the patients to get the effective treatment. This descriptive correlational research aimed to analyze the relationship among experiences in receiving information of stroke, perceived risk of stroke, knowledge of stroke and response to stroke symptoms among family members of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Ninety family members of patients with acute ischemic stroke who took the patients to emergency department of Chon Buri hospital were recruited by inclusion criteria in the study. Data were collected during November, 2016 to February, 2017 by using the Demographic Questionnaire, the Experiences in Receiving Information of Stroke Questionnaire, the Knowledge about Stroke Questionnaire, the Perceived Susceptibility of Stroke Questionnaire, and the Response to Stroke Symptoms Questionnaire. Reliabilities of questionnaires were .83, .81, .82, and .70 respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation. The result showed that the samples had high levels of experiences in receiving information of stroke (M= 2.16, SD = 0.94) and perceived risk of stroke (M = 2.52, SD= 2.79). Knowledge about stroke (M= 10.11, SD = 2.31) and response to stroke symptoms (M= 52.19, SD = 6.79) were at moderate levels. Experiences in receiving information of stroke and knowledge of stroke had a weak positive relationships with response to stroke symptoms (r = .22, p< .05; r = .22, p< .05 respectively) while perceived risk of stroke had a moderate positive relationship with response to stroke symptoms (r = .36, p < .01). It was suggest that health care providers concerned about providing knowledge about causes, risks, warning signs, and management of stroke for family members.