Table 3.

Factors contributing to hospital arrival time after stroke onset

Factors	Time to hospital presentation		Odds ratio (95%) confidence interval)	P-value
	Late (> 3 hours)	Early (≤ 3 hours)
	Gender
Male	30	7	Reference
Female	52	14	0.87 (0.31 to 2.39)	0.78
Residence
Urban	53	17	Reference
Rural	29	4	2.33 (0.71 to 7.56)	0.16
Education level
No education	8	3	Reference
Primary	49	14	1.31 (0.31 to 5.62)	0.71
Secondary	23	3	2.88 (0.48 to 17.24)	0.25
Tertiary	2	1	0.75 (0.05 to 11.65)	0.84
Living status
Alone	4	2	Reference
Not alone	78	19	2.05 (0.35 to 12.05)	0.43
Place of stroke
Home	70	16	Reference
Work	4	2	0.46 (0.08 to 2.72)	0.39
Other	8	3	0.61 (0.15 to 2.56)	0.50
First stroke event
Yes	60	18	Reference
No	22	3	2.20 (0.59 to 8.20)	0.24
Perception of stroke as serious illness
Yes	37	14	Reference
No	45	7	2.43 (0.89 to 6.65)	0.083
Severity of stroke
Conscious	81	18	Reference
Unconscious	14	2	1.43 (0.29 to 7.06)	0.66
Company at time of stroke
Alone	16	4	Reference
Not alone	65	17	0.96 (0.28 to 3.23)	0.94
Prior stroke management at different facility (medical/non-medical)
Yes	41	7	Reference
No	41	14	0.50 (0.18 to 1.37)	0.18
Readily available hospital fees
Yes	32	17	Reference
No	50	4	6.64 (2.05 to 21.53)	0.002*
Readily available transport to hospital
Yes	25	10	Reference
No	57	11	2.07 (0.78 to 5.51)	0.14
Mode of transport to hospital
Private transport	50	16	Reference
Ambulance	9	0	-
Public transport	23	5	1.47 (0.48 to 4.51)	0.50
Prior stroke in family
Yes	39	11	Reference
No	43	10	1.21 (0.46 to 3.17)	0.69
Source of knowledge about stroke causes
Medical personnel	38	6	Reference
Community	43	16	0.46 (0.15 to 1.39)	0.17

^*Significant at α = 0.05