From: Development of an education campaign to reduce delays in pre-hospital response to stroke
Performance objectives | Modifiable determinants | Behavioral outcomes | ||
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Knowledge | Self-efficacy | Outcome expectation | ||
Recognizing symptoms as related to stroke | Being able to recognize the most frequent stroke symptoms | Feeling confident about recognizing the symptoms | Prompt reaction to stroke as un urgency by the patient or any witness of stroke onset (perception, interpretation and appraisal) | |
Realizing symptoms seriousness | Knowing that stroke is a serious disease | Seeking immediately medical professional care (decision making) | ||
Being aware that timely arrival will give access to treatments that can lead to complete recovery | Knowing the treatment opportunity for stroke, notably thrombolysis | Trusting in the possibility of complete recovery with specific treatments | Referring immediately to the hospital (decision making) | |
Calling EMS immediately | Knowing that the first thing to do is to call EMS | Feeling confident about being able to do the right thing by oneself | Trusting in EMS as a mean to arrive timely to the hospital | Use EMS (ambulance) to go to the Hospital (decision making) |