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Online stroke education boosts EMS-seeking
Effects of an online stroke education program on enhancing knowledge, awareness of stroke warning signs, and emergency medical services seeking among high-risk residents in Huanggang City, China
Journal of Education and Health Promotion · 2026-08-31 · Added 5 October 2026
RCT in 106 high-risk residents in Huanggang, China testing a 6-week online stroke education program against usual health education — it significantly improved stroke knowledge, warning-sign awareness and EMS-seeking intent.
- Study type
- RCT
- Design
- Randomised controlled trial
- Participants
- 106 high-risk residents (53 per group)
- Main finding
- Versus control, the intervention group showed greater gains in warning-sign awareness (aOR 3.78, 95% CI 1.41-8.13), stroke knowledge (aOR 3.68, 95% CI 1.52-8.94) and EMS-seeking (aOR 3.33, 95% CI 1.44-7.69)
- Caveat
- Small single-city sample with interview-based self-report outcomes measuring intent, not actual emergency calls or door-to-treatment times
- Bottom line
- Hypothesis-generating
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). Anything that shortens prehospital stroke delay matters to EMS activation, but this ran through Chinese primary care and measured self-reported intent rather than real emergency calls.
Learning goal
Recognise how community stroke education shapes public EMS activation and delays in my practice.
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- Topic: Stroke & neuro
- Daily scan: 5 October 2026
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