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associated with the patient’s levels of health literacy and to explore their to outcomes in ischemic stroke patients at the time of their hospital discharge. utilization of a questionnaire that consisted of a series of 5 questions that were derived from the Joint stroke performance measures on stroke education. The effect of health literacy on the Stroke Patient Education Retention scores was assessed by using univariate and multivariate analyses. education, only 12% of the patients could identify all 5 warning signs for a stroke, 43% could name all of their personal risk factors, and fewer than half could identify the type of stroke they suffered. The study showed ineffective education of patients; all of which can be influenced by health literacy and knowledge retention, which was the focus of the study. The patients’ inadequate health literacy had a significantly lower stroke education retention rate than patients with marginal or adequate literacy. The analysis displayed an overwhelming connection between health literacy and stroke education outcomes.
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