Medical Literacy in TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) Patients

Hospices Civils de Lyon100 enrolled

Overview

There are around 30,000 TIAs (transient ischemic attacks) per year in France. This pathology can be the warning sign of a stroke, responsible for significant morbidity and mortality at the population level. An important part of patient care is to teach them to recognize the symptoms suggestive of a stroke as well as the contributing factors, thus improving the medical literacy of patients. The results of studies that have assessed medical literacy in France and Europe converge towards a rather low level. Some studies have focused on stroke literacy in France. They show good knowledge of risk factors and the attitude to adopt in the event of a stroke, but recognition of symptoms remains problematic. There is very little literature concerning knowledge of TIA in the general population and there are no studies concerning literacy in a population having presented with TIA. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge of patients who have presented with a TIA (and therefore at high cardiovascular risk) about this disease (risk factors, symptoms, severity, attitude to adopt in the event of symptoms), after their visit to the emergency room. The investigators make the hypothesis that knowledge of TIA and its consequences will be rather low in this population of patient, even after a medical contact at the emergency room.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Transient Ischemic Attack

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria : * Adult men and women ≥18 years old * Patient referred to neurology day hospital at the Pierre Wertheimer neurological hospital after first care in the emergency department * Patient having been informed and having expressed his non-opposition * Patient affiliate to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria : * Patient unable to complete the questionnaire * History of stroke/TIA * Patient who do not understand the French language * Patient under legal protection, guardianship, curatorship, under judicial protection-

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quality of responses to the medical literacy questionnaire specific to TIAs

The questionnaire contains 18 questions, open or closed. Each question will be analysed separately and the results will be expressed as a percentage of correct answer (in the case of a closed question mainly) or by specifying the different answers provided by the patients (in the case of an open question mainly)

Time frame: Day 1 at inclusion