Table 3.
Country breakdown of percentage of respondents who indicated the correct course of action for all three stroke symptoms in question 1 and 3- in parental group 1 (who responded to the SPQ in t1 and t2).
Country | Before—Q1a (%) | After—Q1 (%) | Absolute change (%) | Relative change (%) | Before—Q3b (%) | After—Q3 (%) | Absolute change (%) | Relative change (%) |
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Brazil (n = 96) | 39 | 77 | 38 | 97 | 58 | 92 | 34 | 59 |
Bulgaria (n = 42) | 24 | 57 | 33 | 138 | 45 | 86 | 41 | 91 |
Greece (n = 367) | 21 | 54 | 33 | 157 | 31 | 68 | 37 | 119 |
Italy (n = 64) | 34 | 56 | 22 | 65 | 81 | 92 | 11 | 14 |
Lithuania (n = 180) | 42 | 74 | 32 | 76 | 57 | 90 | 33 | 58 |
Poland (n = 327) | 22 | 66 | 44 | 200 | 28 | 80 | 52 | 186 |
Romania (n = 426) | 33 | 69 | 36 | 109 | 54 | 90 | 36 | 67 |
Slovakia (n = 624) | 42 | 77 | 35 | 83 | 54 | 88 | 34 | 63 |
South Africa (n = 46) | 20 | 63 | 43 | 215 | 43 | 87 | 44 | 102 |
Spain (n = 142) | 30 | 77 | 47 | 157 | 80 | 94 | 14 | 18 |
Ukraine (n = 1,733) | 34 | 71 | 37 | 109 | 56 | 88 | 32 | 57 |
Question 1 refers to stroke and non-stroke symptoms and the appropriate steps that should follow each of them.
Question 3 refers to the culturally-appropriate emergency number to be called in case of a stroke.