Table 4.
Stroke knowledge according to county and time period
| Intervention county | Control county | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 (n = 665) | T1 (n = 518) | p-value | T0 (n = 93) | T1 (n = 145) | p-value | |||||
| Stroke warning signs | ||||||||||
| At least 2 FAST symptoms | 269 | (40.5) | 252 | (48.7) | 0.038 | 43 | (46.2) | 71 | (49.0) | 0.606 |
| All 3 FAST symptoms | 52 | (7.8) | 55 | (10.6) | 0.167 | 5 | (5.4) | 13 | (9.0) | 0.220 |
| Arm or leg weakness | 337 | (54.8) | 282 | (56.7) | 0.897 | 49 | (57.7) | 74 | (58.3) | 0.944 |
| Facial weakness | 125 | (20.3) | 133 | (26.8) | 0.052 | 12 | (14.1) | 38 | (29.9) | 0.023 |
| Speech disturbance | 335 | (54.5) | 300 | (60.4) | 0.010 | 53 | (62.4) | 80 | (63.0) | 0.899 |
| Balance disturbance | 71 | (11.5) | 68 | (13.7) | 0.105 | 15 | (17.7) | 16 | (12.6) | 0.600 |
| Visual disturbance | 101 | (16.4) | 59 | (11.9) | 0.149 | 14 | (16.5) | 11 | (8.7) | 0.282 |
| Coma | 123 | (20.0) | 87 | (17.5) | 0.512 | 16 | (18.8) | 21 | (16.5) | 0.430 |
| Response when faced with stroke | ||||||||||
| Stroke is an emergency situation | 660 | (99.3) | 511 | (98.7) | 0.241 | 90 | (96.8) | 142 | (97.9) | 0.257 |
| EMS call | 545 | (82.0) | 417 | (80.5) | 0.725 | 74 | (79.6) | 114 | (78.6) | 0.837 |
| Availability of a treatment for stroke | ||||||||||
| Yes | 383 | (58.6) | 251 | (48.6) | 0.113 | 55 | (61.1) | 69 | (48.6) | 0.583 |
| No | 87 | (13.3) | 100 | (19.3) | 12 | (13.3) | 18 | (12.7) | ||
| Do not know | 183 | (28.0) | 166 | (32.1) | 23 | (25.6) | 55 | (38.7) | ||
| Knowledge of thrombolysisa | 21 | (3.2) | 14 | (2.7) | 0.682 | 2 | (2.2) | 9 | (6.2) | 0.084 |
| Age of stroke victims | ||||||||||
| Only older than 65 | 42 | (6.40) | 5 | (1.0) | 0.002 | 9 | (9.9) | 12 | (8.5) | 0.638 |
| Only older than 18 | 457 | (69.7) | 263 | (50.8) | < 0.001 | 54 | (59.3) | 85 | (59.9) | 0.337 |
| All ages | 132 | (20.1) | 200 | (38.6) | < 0.001 | 26 | (28.6) | 36 | (25.4) | 0.605 |
a Thrombolysis or description of an agent to dissolve thrombus
Results are presented as n(%). P-values after adjustment on age, gender, educational level, and history of stroke