Background: A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a medical emergency, It is defined as a transient episode
of neurologic dysfunction due to the focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia without acute infarction or
tissue injury. The aim of the study: It aimed to evaluate the effect of educational sessions about stroke
prevention on patients with Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Research design: Quasi experimental research
design was used to conduct the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the neurological
department and out-patient clinics affiliated to Benha University Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive
sample of (133) adult patients with Transient Ischemic Attack was taken from both sexes , their age ranged
from 21 to 65 years old during five months . Tools: two tools were used; (1) Patients' structured interview
questionnaire, it involved the patients socio demographic characteristics, medical history and patients’
knowledge assessment questionnaire (2) Risk assessment data, it involved the warning signs and symptoms
of transient ischemic attack (TIA) and Clinical Data Assessment. Results: the result of this study revealed
that, the total mean score regarding patients' knowledge was (0.77 ± 1.31 and 0.0 ± 0.0) pre educational
sessions and improved immediately on 2nd day post educational sessions implementation to 5.01 ± 1.25
and8.0 ± 0.0) and 4.68 ± 1.26 and 8.0 ± 0.0), respectively with high significant differences (p= |
