Li Juan Joy Quah|Swee Peng Yap|Si Oon Cheah|Yih Yng Ng|E. Shaun Goh|Nausheen Edwin Doctor|Benjamin SH Leong|Ling Tiah|Michael Yih Chong Chia|Marcus Eng Hock Ong
Knowledge of Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke among Singapore Residents
National University of Singapore|Singapore General Hospital|Singapore General Hospital|Ministry of Defence|Khoo Teck Puat Hospital|Singapore General Hospital|National University Hospital|Changi General Hospital|Tan Tock Seng Hospital|Singapore General Hospital|Duke-NUS Medical School
determine level knowledge signs symptoms heart attack stroke singapore resident population comparison global communitya population based random sample 7840 household addresses selected validated national sampling frame participant asked eight questions signs symptoms heart attack 10 questions strokethe response rate 652 4192 respondents level knowledge preselected common signs symptoms heart attack stroke 578 571 respectively respondents scored mean 50 sd 24 8 heart attack scored mean 68 sd 29 10 stroke respondents 50 years lower educational level unemployedretired least knowledge conditions level knowledge signs symptoms heart attack stroke singapore comparable usa canadawe found comparable knowledge stroke heart attack signs symptoms community countries within economic educational healthcare strata however older persons lower educational level unemployedretired require public health education efforts