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The Public Awareness Of Aphasia In Croatia

We surveyed 360 shoppers in different parts of Croatia (88% female, 12% male, aged 18 to 68 years). Results showed that 43% of respondents said they had heard of aphasia. Of these, 67% connected aphasia with speech problems, 62% with language problems, 38% with problems understanding others, 3% with problems of intelligence, 16% with psychological problems, 33% with reading problems, 31% with writing problems and 56% with communication problems. 68% presumed that brain damage causes aphasia, 11 % thought that emotional problems caused aphasia, 3% said that impaired intelligence caused aphasia, and 15% thought that ‘mental’ problems cause aphasia. 63% thought that something could be done for people with aphasia. We found surprisingly high levels of awareness that could be explained by the fact that a large proportion of our sample were students and professionals like social workers, physicians, nurses, teachers etc.

Aphasia; Public awareness; Communication

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