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It is evident from clinical practice that visual disorders are prevalent in stroke medicine and are involved in all stages. The visual disorder may form all or part of the initial presentation, and subsequently, visual problems may be a rehabilitation issue or affect the quality of life and activities of daily living (ADLs) after stroke. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and perception of the clinical students of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, about stroke survivors with visual impairment (SSVI) and the physiotherapy management of stroke survivors who are visually impaired. This study was a cross-sectional survey involving 136 respondents who were selected from the 270 clinical students of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation at Nnamdi Azikiwe University. A 25-item questionnaire was administered to assess their level of knowledge and perception of SSVI as well as the physiotherapy management methods involved. Descriptive statistics of tables, mean, and standard deviation were used to summarize participants' responses. The Spearman rank-order correlation was used to test for correlations. Mann–Whitney U test was used to assess sex differences. Alpha was set at.05. There was a high level of knowledge and high perception (94.1% and 91.9%) of physiotherapy management of SSVI among the clinical physiotherapy students. The level of the study did not significantly influence the knowledge (p =.386) and perception (p =.686) of the visually impaired stroke survivor. There was a significant (p =.008) relationship between age and knowledge of stroke survivors. No significant gender difference was observed in all results. The student's age and gender did not influence their knowledge or perception of physiotherapy management for SSVI, the student's level of study did influence the two variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context: Epileptic seizures and the unpredictable falls resulting from epileptic seizures predispose the people living with epilepsy (PLWE) to various physical injuries as well as postictal cognitive and behavioral changes., Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and patterns of seizure-related physical injuries, postictal cognitive impairments, and behavioral changes., Settings and Design: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study in a Southeast Nigeria local government area., Subjects and Methods: PLWE identified during a two-phase door-to-door survey and their caregivers were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire., Statistical Analysis Used: The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22.0 was used., Results: There were 56 cases of active convulsive seizures comprising 33 (58.9%) males and 23 (41.1%) females, with a mean age of 32.9 ± 14.2. The lifetime prevalence of seizure-related physical injuries, postictal behavioral changes, and postictal cognitive impairments was 9.8 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.1-10.0), 8.4 per 1000 (95% CI: 7.2-9.2), and 6.3 per 1000 (95% CI: 4.9-7.5), respectively. Skin/soft-tissue injuries and tongue laceration were the most frequent physical injuries found in 66.1% ( n = 37/56) and 60.7% ( n = 34/56) of cases, respectively. The frequency of soft-tissue injuries was significantly higher (χ 2 = 5.038; P = 0.0248) in the females 78.3% ( n = 18/23) than the males 48.5% ( n = 16/33). About a third of the females 39.1% had burn injuries compared to 18.1% of the males., Conclusions: Seizure-related injuries are common and have the tendency to increase the burden of epilepsy and epilepsy-related stigma from deformities and the chronic disfiguring scars resulting from such injuries., (Copyright © 2024 Copyright: © 2024 Annals of African Medicine.)