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Abstract
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troke is defined by World Health Organization (WHO) as a clinical syndrome consisting of rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (global in case of coma) disturbance of cerebral function lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death with no apparent cause other than a vascular origin.
This study aimed to identify the childhood stroke awareness and knowledge among Egyptian pediatricians and evaluate the effect of stroke education program on the change of stroke knowledge among studied pediatricians.
This study is a longitudinal, prospective, interventional. This study conducted at Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University. The period of the study 6 months, 80 young pediatricians were included. An online questionnaire was used for data collection. That questionnaire was answered pre and post education session.
The stroke educational program significantly improved pediatricians’ knowledge of childhood stroke, with clinical, investigation, and management scores rising notably. The mean clinical score increased from 70.62% to 89.17%, investigation knowledge from 56.25% to 73.33%, and management from 50.54% to 73.21%. The study found no significant relationship between pediatric stroke knowledge and years of practice, occupation, or facility type, both pre- and post-education. Pre- and post-education data showed consistent understanding of MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging. Experience influenced perceptions of lumbar puncture’s utility, highlighting the program’s role in standardizing pediatric stroke management knowledge. The educational program enhanced pediatric stroke knowledge uniformly across different practice durations and occupations. Experienced pediatricians identified tPA administration timing correctly, and all groups understood thrombectomy timing.
The study demonstrated that targeted educational interventions significantly enhance pediatricians’ knowledge and awareness of pediatric stroke, aligning with established guidelines and literature. The Pediatric stroke educational program uniformly enhanced knowledge across all demographic groups, indicating its broad effectiveness irrespective of prior training, journal reading, or clinical experience with pediatric stroke. The educational program effectively enhanced pediatric stroke knowledge across various demographic groups, regardless of practice duration, specialization, or facility type.