Sestrinska reč (Jan 2015)
Primary prevention of cerebrovascular diseases
Abstract
Introduction: Prevention represent the turning point in medicine, and if we have knowledge about it for long time, it isn't completely applicable, because of the fact that man kind aren't completely developed consciousness about influence of preventive measures on their health. We must learn people about preventive measures to live healthy, to feed themselves healthy, to haven't bad habits which disturb health, to avoid stress situations... The Aim of research: Establish in which extent are people on the area of general practice institution of town Sabac introduced about risk factors which leads to cerebrovascular diseases and what to do to avoid development of risk factors. Materials and methods: Research conducted in General practice institution of town Sabac in December 2011 on sample of 30 examinee. Persons are accidently selected. The data were obtained descriptive method and method of survey. The instrument used in this research is questionnaire. Results: Based on the research it provided information that examinee are mainly under the stress, that they suffer from hypertension, they have obesity, not properly take food, physically not active... but most of them normally goes to their medical examination and have wish to find out more about prevention of cerebrovascular diseases. Discussion: Nurses must trough their work seized more their users of their services and motivate them to have normally medical examination and take care of their health condition, to eliminate risk factors and cure diseases that they have already. Conclusion: Cerebrovascular diseases have huge social-medical importance. Excepting that cerebrovascular diseases are diseases with large-scale of death rate, equally is important fact that this neurological illness with large-scale disability and dramatically disorder life in family and patients surounding, and present material weight for social community. These facts highlights importance of prevention of cerebrovascular diseases.
