Stroke Education in an Emergency Department Waiting Room: a Comparison of Methods
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Stroke education in an emergency department waiting room: a comparison of methods.
BACKGROUND Since the emergency department (ED) waiting room hosts a large, captive audience of patients and visitors, it may be an ideal location for conducting focused stroke education. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of various stroke education methods. METHODS Patients and visitors of an urban ED waiting room were randomized into one of the following groups: video, br...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion Perspectives
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2228-6497
DOI: 10.15171/hpp.2015.005