Abstract
Stroke contributes to the third leading cause of death in Malaysia and happens to be the prime cause of disability among Malaysian. Lack of awareness and knowledge of stroke among Malaysian have often led to delay in hospital administration and reduced the chances of recovery for stroke patients. The objectives of this research are three-fold: (1) To develop a mobile application that helps to perform early detection on mild stroke symptoms (2) To increase the stroke awareness and knowledge level among the society (3) To create a reminder to constantly motivate the society to perform regular self-check on mild stroke symptoms. The mobile application is targeted for general public usage. Interviews were conducted with consultant neurologist and physiotherapist & rehabilitation manager of the National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM). An online pre-survey has also been conducted among 70 random people to investigate the feasibility of the mobile application. The stroke pre-detection application was implemented in Android platform. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) will be used as a guideline for the development of self-check assessment for detecting mild stroke symptoms as it is proven to be reliable and effective evaluation technique. Empirical results show that majority of the respondents believe that the mobile stroke application can increase their stroke awareness and help them to perform early detections on mild stroke symptoms. The mobile stroke application performs satisfactorily in terms of its usefulness, usability, mobile application quality and information quality.
Highlights
15 million people across the globe experience stroke annually whereas 5 million of them have ceased and another 5 million of them were paralyzed infinitely (Stroke Centre, 2013)
Interviews were conducted with consultant neurologist and physiotherapist & rehabilitation manager of the National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM)
A pilot study was performed before the development of Stroke PD mobile application with the aim to obtain comprehensive information related to stroke as well as the desired functionalities for the targeted users
Summary
15 million people across the globe experience stroke annually whereas 5 million of them have ceased and another 5 million of them were paralyzed infinitely (Stroke Centre, 2013). According to the National Stroke Association Malaysia, 1 in 6 people worldwide will encounter a stroke along their life span. In Malaysia, stroke contributes to the third leading cause of death and severe disability among the society (NSAM, 2013). Stroke is commonly addressed as sudden brain attack that takes place when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted which leads to the deficiency of oxygen and glucose supply to the brain cells. Stroke can be categorized into ischemic stroke and haemorrhagic stroke. About 80% of the strokes are ischemic stroke, where the blood vessel in the brain suffers a clot that terminates the blood flow to brain cells. The remaining 20% are haemorrhagic stroke, which is due to the damage and outbreak of weakened
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