Table 3.
Association between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Past Medical History with knowledge on the action to be taken during stroke and Recognition of Stroke Symptoms
| Variables | Actions to be taken during stroke | Recognition of Stroke Symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Practice, n (%) | Good Practice, n (%) | p-value | Poor Recognition, n (%) | Good Recognition, n (%) | p-value | |
| Age | < 0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
| < 45 | 614 (31.6) | 1328 (68.4) | 344 (17.6) | 1613 (82.4) | ||
| ≥ 45 | 433 (20.4) | 1689 (79.6) | 292 (13.7) | 1839 (86.3) | ||
| Gender | 0.002 | 0.056 | ||||
| Male | 383 (23.3) | 1264 (76.7) | 279 (16.9) | 1373 (83.1) | ||
| Female | 663 (27.6) | 1743 (72.4) | 356 (14.7) | 2069 (85.3) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Malay | 422 (27.0) | 1143(73.0) | 184 (11.7) | 1383 (88.3) | ||
| Non-Malay | 348 (22.0) | 1237 (78.0) | 284 (17.9) | 1307 (82.1) | ||
| Marital Status | 0.762 | 0.644 | ||||
| Single | 99 (31.4) | 216 (68.6) | 57 (17.8) | 263 (82.2) | ||
| Married | 119 (32.5) | 247 (67.5) | 62 (16.5) | 314 (83.5) | ||
| Employment status | 0.254 | 0.825 | ||||
| Unemployed | 39 (25.8) | 112 (74.2) | 28 (18.1) | 127 (81.9) | ||
| Employed | 90 (31.0) | 200 (69.0) | 51 (17.2) | 245 (82.8) | ||
| Education Level | 0.048 | 0.126 | ||||
| None/Primary | 22 (23.7) | 71 (76.3) | 21 (22.6) | 72 (77.4) | ||
| Secondary/Tertiary missing | 179 (34.1) | 346 (65.9) | 87 (16.1) | 453 (83.9) | ||
| Smoking | 0.004 | 0.941 | ||||
| Yes | 71 (31.8) | 152 (68.2) | 33 (14.7) | 192 (85.3) | ||
| No | 597 (23.3) | 1963 (76.7) | 372 (14.5) | 2196 (85.5) | ||
| Alcohol | 0.426 | 0.153 | ||||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | ||
| No | 671 (24.1) | 2114 (75.9) | 404 (14.5) | 2391 (85.5) | ||
| Hypertension | 0.006 | 0.002 | ||||
| Yes | 48 (5.4) | 846 (94.6) | 15 (10.9) | 122 (89.1) | ||
| No | 234 (8.2) | 2634 (91.8) | 68 (16.4) | 346 (83.6) | ||
| Diabetes | < 0.001 | 0.219 | ||||
| Yes | 57 (14.0) | 350 (86.0) | 51 (12.5) | 357 (87.5) | ||
| No | 614 (25.8) | 1766 (74.2) | 354 (14.8) | 2035 (85.2_ | ||
| Past History of Heart Attack | 0.016 | 0.356 | ||||
| Yes | 21 (15.4) | 115 (84.6) | 16 (11.8) | 120 (88.2) | ||
| No | 650 (24.5) | 2001 (75.5) | 389 (14.6) | 2272 (84.4) | ||
| Past History of Stroke | 0.476 | 0.125 | ||||
| Yes | 13 (20.3) | 51 (79.7) | 5 (7.8) | 59 (92.2) | ||
| No | 658 (24.2) | 2065 (75.8) | 400 (14.6) | 2333 (85.4) | ||