Stroke care challenges in rural India: Awareness of causes, preventive measures and treatment options of stroke among the rural communities

• Main Authors: Kanaga, Lakshmi, Kumaran, Viswanath, Chan, En Ze, Sam, David Marconi, Sandeep, Nathaniel David, Rita, Caroline Isaac
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38080/1/Stroke%20%20care%20%20challenges%20%20in%20%20rural%20%20India.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38080/; https://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38080/1/438

Introduction: Management of stroke in the remote rural areas in India faces major challenges because of lack of awareness. Stroke care services can be optimally implemented only if the communities have an understanding of the disease. Method: A population based, cross sectional survey of an adult ge...