Allmänhetens kunskap om afasi ? ett svenskt stickprov
The aims were to investigate the public awareness of aphasia in a Swedish sample and examine if knowledge of aphasia relates to gender, education or age. Participant?s sources of knowledge of aphasia were examined. A total of 153 individuals, aged 18-90, were surveyed. Participants were categorized into three groups; heard of, knowledge of and not heard of aphasia. Results showed that 45,8% had heard of, 9,8% had knowledge of and 44,4% had not heard of aphasia. The distribution of men was significant higher for the group that had not heard of aphasia. There was no significant relation between education and hearing of aphasia. The mean age of the group not heard of aphasia was significantly lower. The most common sources of information were TV/radio, newspapers/magazines and workplace. The findings indicate to whom advocacy campaigns should be directed and which platforms are most effective for spreading information amongst the public.