Stroke Awareness Survey Data from Japanese Elementary Schools and Parents

763 children and 489 parents from 11 public elementary schools in Akashi, Japan, participated in a community-based study on stroke education. The data includes questionnaire responses on stroke knowledge collected before, immediately after, and 3 months after emergency medical technician-led lessons conducted between September 2014 and October 2015. The study measured the effectiveness of the intervention using scores for stroke symptoms, risk factors, and understanding of the FAST mnemonic.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in stroke symptom knowledge scores across the three survey time points (before, immediately after, 3 months after) for the 763 child participants.
• Compare the understanding of the FAST mnemonic between parent and child groups at baseline and follow-up periods.
• Evaluate the correlation between child-reported knowledge transfer and parent stroke risk factor scores from the 489 parent questionnaires.
• Model the retention of stroke awareness by tracking score changes from the immediate post-lesson survey to the 3-month follow-up survey.

Strengths

• The dataset captures longitudinal data from 1,252 total participants (763 children + 489 parents) across three distinct time points.
• Study design includes a control via baseline measurements before the EMT-led intervention.
• Data is specific to a defined geographic and demographic context: 11 public elementary schools in Akashi City, Japan, focusing on children aged 9-10 and their parents.

Limitations

• The sample represents only 64% of the eligible child population, introducing potential selection bias.
• Data is temporally limited to a specific intervention period from 2014-2015 and may not reflect current knowledge or demographics.
• Lack of detailed column information prevents assessment of data granularity, feature types, and potential confounding variables.

Provenance

Source

Dryad digital repository, authored by Shinya Tomari.

Collection Method

Questionnaires administered to schoolchildren and their parents before, immediately after, and 3 months after structured EMT-led stroke education lessons.

Time Range

Intervention and data collection occurred between September 2014 and October 2015.

Freshness

Data collection concluded in 2015; the metadata was last updated in 2020.

Geography

City of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.