Table 3.
Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants by their median score on HKQ.
| Characteristic | Categorised Total HKQ Score |
Overall, N = 4701 | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median & below, N = 2401 | Above Median, N = 2301 | |||
| Age in years | 58 (50, 68) | 58 (52, 65) | 58 (51, 67) | 0.717 |
| Male sex | 115 (47.9) | 144 (62.6) | 259 (55.1) | 0.001 |
| Educational Status | <0.001 | |||
| None | 32 (13.3) | 12 (5.2) | 44 (9.4) | |
| Primary | 117 (48.8) | 76 (33.0) | 193 (41.1) | |
| Secondary | 71 (29.6) | 85 (37.0) | 156 (33.2) | |
| Tertiary | 20 (8.3) | 57 (24.8) | 77 (16.4) | |
| Religion | 0.060 | |||
| Christianity | 208 (86.7) | 212 (92.2) | 420 (89.4) | |
| Islam | 29 (12.1) | 18 (7.8) | 47 (10.0) | |
| Other | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | |
| Domicile | 0.376 | |||
| Rural | 14 (5.8) | 20 (8.7) | 34 (7.2) | |
| Semi-Urban | 85 (35.4) | 72 (31.3) | 157 (33.4) | |
| Urban | 141 (58.8) | 138 (60.0) | 279 (59.4) | |
| Income in GHC | 0.001 | |||
| 0–100 | 109 (45.6) | 58 (25.2) | 167 (35.5) | |
| 101–250 | 64 (26.6) | 79 (34.3) | 143 (30.4) | |
| 251–500 | 43 (17.7) | 61 (26.5) | 104 (22.1) | |
| >500 | 24 (10.1) | 32 (13.9) | 56 (12.0) | |
| Stroke Type (Choose One) | 0.055 | |||
| Ischemic Stroke | 154 (64.7) | 169 (72.8) | 323 (68.7) | |
| Intracerebral | 50 (21.0) | 45 (19.4) | 95 (20.2) | |
| Hemorrhagic Stroke | ||||
| Untyped Stroke (no CT scan available) | 34 (14.3) | 18 (7.8) | 52 (11.1) | |
| Modified Rankin Score | 0.023 | |||
| Median (IQR) | 2.00 (1.00, 3.00) | 2.00 (1.00, 3.00) | 2.00 (1.00, 3.00) | |
| NIH Stroke Scale | 4.0 (0.0, 9.0) | 2.0 (0.0, 6.0) | 3.0 (0.0, 8.0) | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)-Baseline | 155 (146, 172) | 154 (146, 168) | 155 (146, 170) | 0.265 |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure | 96 (89, 106) | 94 (87, 103) | 95 (88, 105) | 0.070 |
| Body Mass Index | 25.9 (22.4, 28.7) | 26.4 (23.0, 30.9) | 26.2 (22.7, 30.1) | 0.059 |
| Health institution category | 0.672 | |||
| Primary | 75 (31.3) | 67 (29.1) | 142 (30.2) | |
| Secondary | 59 (24.6) | 52 (22.6) | 111 (23.6) | |
| Tertiary | 106 (44.2) | 111 (48.3) | 6.2) | |
1
Median (IQR); n (%).
2
Wilcoxon rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test.