A Descriptive study to assess the Knowledge of Women regarding Risk Factors and Early detection of Stroke with a view to develop Pamphlet in a selected Rural Community in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

Background:Stroke or cerebro vascular accident remains to be one of the major health care problems around the world. Stroke is responsible for 4.4 million (9%) of the total 50.5 million deaths each year. In developed countries stroke is the first leading cause of dementia and third leading cause of death. Stroke is also a predisposing factor for epilepsy falls and depression in developed countries. Among stroke survivors 31% required assistance with self care, 20% require assistance with Ambulation, 71% have some improvement in vocational abilities up to 7 years following the stroke and 16% are institutionalized. There are two main types of cerebro vascular accident, or stroke: an ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage; a hemorrhagic stroke is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. Both types of stroke deprive of blood to a part of the brain and oxygen, causing brain cells to die. Objective: To assess the level of Knowledge of Women regarding Risk Factors and Early detection of Stroke Materials and Methods: To analyze the effect of selected interventions the investigator selected Descriptive design .descriptive design are effective because they use the “pre testing ” . This means that there are tests done before any data is collected to see if there is any person confounds or if any participants have certain tendencies.Then the actual result is done with pre test results recorded. Results: The study findings show women (33.4%) belonged to the age of 26 to 30 years women (58.4%) belonged to Christian religion.women (75%) belonged to family income less than Rs.5000.women (41.7%) studied up to primary education , women (90%) Marital status was married,Majority of women (95%) were Home makers, Majority of women (70%) belonged to Nuclear family, Majority of women (48.3%) have two children, Majority of women (51.6%) have previous knowledge regarding stroke,Majority of women ( 41.7%) have previous knowledge through media Conclusion: On the basis of this study findings, the researcher concluded that majority of women had moderately adequate knowledge regarding risk factors and early detection of stroke. There is a need to develop health education programmers to create awareness on stroke among the public in community.