Effectiveness of an Instructional Program on Hypertensive Patients’ Knowledge toward Prevention of Cerebral Vascular Accident at Al-Razi Center in Al-Basra City

Introduction: Stroke is a neurological condition that is one of the leading causes of death and disability\r\nin many low and middle income countries. However, many adjustable risk factors have become important.\r\nHigh blood pressure is the most common stroke risk factor globally as well as in our country, Basra.\r\nObjectives: To assess knowledge of patients with hypertension concerning prevention of cerebral vascular\r\naccident. To construct an instructional program for patients with hypertension concerning prevention of\r\ncerebral vascular accident. To evaluate the effectiveness of an instructional program on the knowledge of\r\npatients with hypertension concerning prevention of cerebral vascular accident. To know the association\r\nbetween level of knowledge the association between level of knowledge concerning prevention of cerebral\r\nvascular accident and socio-demographic variables.\r\nMethodology: : A quasi- experimental design (two group pre- test and post-test) was conducted in the\r\npresent study which is carried out at\r\nAl-Razi Center in Al-Basra City from 8th of September 2019, to 16th of March, 2020. A non – probability\r\n(purposive) sample of (60) patients with hypertension were selected.\r\nConclusion: There is significance need for educational program between (residency, type of family, duration\r\nof illness, habits and regularity of hypertension treatment) to prevention serious complication which stroke.