Does Family’s Knowledge Correlate with Departure Time Interval at Ischemic Stroke Patient to Emergency Department?

Abstract

Ischemic Stroke is a symptom that binds with minimal time in this intervention. If an ischemic stroke patienthas anextention the departure time interval, it can result in disability and death. Family knowledge is oneof the factors affecting the departure time interval to emergency department. Nevertheless, the relationshipbetween knowledge and the interval of departure time of ischemic stroke patients to emergency departmentis controversial. The aimed of this research is analyze the family knowledge relationship with the intervalof the departure time of ischemic stroke patients do emergency department of Banyuwangi BlambanganGeneral Hospital. The study used a prospective cross sectional approach on 100 respondents. Data retrievalis done to the family of ischemic stroke patients using the questionnaire and observation directly when thepatient comes to emergency department after a Commuted Tomography scan examination. Data analysisis conducted to analyze the family knowledge relationship with The departure time interval of ischemicstroke patients. Bivariate analysis using Spearman test. The finding show that obtained 56% families do notknow the minimum time to be achieved in order for ischemic stroke patients to receive effective reperfusiontherapy. Spearman test results between the knowledge with the departure time interval obtained p value =0.009 with a 0.005 which means there is a family knowledge relationship with the interval of departure time.Family knowledge relates to the departure time interval of ischemic stroke patients to emergency departmentas measured since the onset of symptoms