Table 2.
Level of knowledge about stroke according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample.
| Variable | Number (%) | Low level of knowledge n (%) |
High level of knowledge n (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 0.0085 | |||
| 18–45 | 324 (69.1) | 169 (36) | 155 (33) | |
| 46–65 | 106 (22.6) | 67 (14.3) | 39 (8.3) | |
| ≥66 ans | 39 (8.3) | 28 (6) | 11 (2.3) | |
| Sex | 0.055† | |||
| Male | 190 (40.5) | 98 (20.9) | 92 (19.6) | |
| Female | 279 (59.5) | 166 (35.4) | 113 (24.1) | |
| Marital status | 0.300† | |||
| Without a partner₸ | 187 (39.9) | 102 (21.7) | 85 (18.1) | |
| In couple (Married) | 282 (60.1) | 162 (34.5) | 120 (25.6) | |
| Level of education | <0.001† | |||
| Illiterate | 138 (29.4) | 93 (19.8) | 45 (9.6) | |
| Primary school | 59 (12.6) | 44 (9.4) | 15 (3.2) | |
| Secondary school | 111 (23.7) | 62 (13.2) | 49 (10.4) | |
| University | 161 (34.3) | 65 (13.9) | 96 (20.5) | |
| Spoken Languages | ||||
| Dialectal Arabic | 287 (61.2) | 145 (30.9) | 142 (30.3) | 0.003† |
| Amazigh | 166 (35.4) | 109 (23.2) | 57 (12.2) | |
| Hassaniya | 16 (3.4) | 10 (2.1) | 6 (1.3) | |
| Place of residence | 0.003† | |||
| Rural | 260 (55.4) | 133 (28.4) | 76 (16.2) | |
| Urban | 209 (44.6) | 131 (27.9) | 129 (27.5) | |
| Socioeconomic level (Family income) | 0.064† | |||
| Rich | 13 (2.8) | 6 (1.3) | 7 (1.5) | |
| Middle class | 429 (91.5) | 238 (50.7) | 191 (40.7) | |
| Poor | 27 (5.8) | 20 (4.3) | 7 (1.5) | |
| Health coverage | ||||
| Health Insurance Obligatory | 163 (34.8) | 63 (13.4) | 100 (21.3) | <0.001† |
| Medical Assistance Regime (aid) | 79 (16.8) | 55 (11.7) | 24 (5.1) | |
| Private assurance | 26 (5.5) | 14 (3) | 12 (2.6) | |
| Others | 8 (1.7) | 5 (1.1) | 3 (0.6) | |
| None | 193 (41.2) | 127 (27.1) | 66 (14.1) | |
| Professional Occupation | 0.047† | |||
| Salaried/Employee† | 102 (21.7) | 47 (10) | 55 (11.7) | |
| Self-employed worker∏ | 75 (16) | 41 (8.7) | 34 (7.2) | |
| Inactive (Unemployed)∑ | 267 (56.9) | 160 (34.1) | 107 (22.8) | |
| Retired | 25 (5.3) | 16 (3.4) | 9 (1.9) | |
| Obesity or overweight | ||||
| No notion of obesity or overweight | 301 (64.2) | 159 (33.9) | 142 (30.3) | 0.027† |
| With notion of obesity or overweight | 168 (35.8) | 105 (22.4) | 63 (13.4) | |
| Diabetes | 0.536† | |||
| Yes | 126 (26.9) | 71 (15.1) | 55 (11.7) | |
| No | 343 (37.1) | 193 (41.2) | 150 (32) | |
| HBP | 0.209† | |||
| Yes | 143 (30.5) | 85 (18.1) | 58 (12.4) | |
| No | 326 (69.5) | 179 (38.2) | 147 (31.3) | |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 0.157† | |||
| Yes | 40 (8.5) | 19 (4.1) | 21 (4.5) | |
| No | 429 (91.5) | 245 (52.2) | 184 (39.2) | |
| Cardiac disease | 0.048† | |||
| Yes | 38 (8.1) | 16 (3.4) | 22 (4.7) | |
| No | 431 (91.9) | 248 52.9 | 183 (39) | |
| Smoking | 0.119† | |||
| Yes | 86 (18.3) | 43 (9.2) | 43 (9.2) | |
| No | 383 (81.7) | 221 (47.1) | 162 (34.5) | |
| Alcoholism | 0.020† | |||
| Yes | 28 (6) | 10 (2.1) | 18 (3.8) | |
| No | 441 (94) | 254 (54.2) | 187 (39.9) | |
| Regular physical exercises | 0.001† | |||
| Yes | 233 (49.7) | 114 (24.3) | 119 (25.4) | |
| No | 236 (50.3) | 150 (32) | 86 (18.3) | |
| History of stroke in among the respondent | <0.001† | |||
| Yes | 21 (4.5) | 3 (0.6) | 18 (3.8) | |
| No | 448 (95.5) | 261 (55.7) | 187 (39.9) | |
| History of stroke in the immediate family | <0.001† | |||
| Yes | 129 (27.5) | 56 (11.9) | 73 (15.6) | |
| No | 340 (72.5) | 208 (44.3) | 132 (28.1) | |
| History of stroke among relatives, acquaintances, or neighbors | <0.001† | |||
| Yes | 276 (58.8) | 120 (25.6) | 156 (33.3) | |
| No | 193 (41.2) | 144 (30.7) | 49 (104) | |
%: Percentage, †: The Chi-square test (χ2) or Fisher’s exact test, ₸: Includes single, divorced and widowed people, †: According to the High Commission for Planning of Kingdom of Morocco, an employed active person, receiving a salary from a public or private employer, in return for work performed, ∏: According to the High Commission for Planning of Kingdom of Morocco, any employed person working on his or her personal account, running his or her own business or exercising a trade, but who does not employ any employees, ∑: Includes the unemployed, as well as housewives and students.
HBP: High blood pressure.