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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2011 Oct 27;43(1):163–169. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.621029

Table 3.

Summary of proportion stroke symptoms recognized and development of urgent action plan

Reported all stroke symptoms and
distracter correctly
(Expected value 1.6%)
Reported all stroke symptoms and distracter correctly
and called 911
(Expected value 1.2%)
Pre-test Post-test Pre-test Post-test
Overall
(N=75 pretest, 71 post-test)
5 (6.7) 24 (33.8) 3 (3.9) 21 (29.6)
Age
 18-35 2 (11.1) 6 (35.3)* 2 (11.1) 5 (29.4)
 35-45 2 (6.9) 9 (32.1)* 1 (3.4) 7 (25.0)*
 ≥46 1 (4.2) 8 (36.4) 0 (0) 8 (36.4)
Sex
 Female 4 (7.8) 18 (35.3) 3 (5.9) 15 (29.4)
 Male 1 (4.8) 6 (35.3)* 0 (0) 6 (35.3)*
Race-ethnicity
 Black 2 (4.1) 15 (30.6) 2 (4.1) 13 (26.5)
 Hispanic 2 (12.5) 7 (53.8)* 1 (6.3) 7 (53.8)*
Education
 Less than high school 0 (0) 5 (31.3)* 0 (0) 5 (31.3)*
 High school grad/GED/some
college
1 (3.2) 8 (25.8)* 1 (3.2) 7 (22.6)*
 College graduate 4 (20.0)b 10 (50.0)* 2 (10.0) 9 (45.0)

p<0.001,

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05, all comparisons are pre-test v. post-test for each individual question, by row unless otherwise noted.

a

p<0.01,

b

p<0.05, test for significance by column (for each questions) using Pearson χ2test (or test of linear relationship for education or age) relative to stroke knowledge question