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Table 3 Stroke knowledge (n = 218)

From: Stroke knowledge among diabetics: a cross-sectional study on the influence of age, gender, education, and migration status

 

Natives (n = 134)

Migrants (n = 84)

 
 

n

%

n

%

p-value

Stroke symptoms

     

Motor

65

48.5

31

36.9

0.093

Language or speech

49

36.6

6

7.1

<0.001

General symptoms

37

27.6

14

16.7

0.063

Vision

15

11.2

5

6.0

0.192

Sensory

8

6.0

25

29.8

<0.001

Cranial nerve

33

24.6

11

13.1

0.039

Coma

11

8.2

4

4.8

0.416

Stroke risk factors recalled

     

Hypertension

48

35.8

12

14.3

0.001

Smoking

47

35.1

18

21.4

0.032

Hyperlipidemia

9

6.7

1

1.2

0.093

Diabetes mellitus

24

17.9

13

15.5

0.641

Alcohol

21

15.7

11

13.1

0.601

Heart disease

5

3.7

4

4.8

0.736

Whom would you contact in case of a stroke?

     

Emergency medical system (911)

76

56.7

22

26.2

<0.001

What is recommended in case of stroke?

     

Rapid hospital admission, even when symptoms improve

88

65.7

42

50.0

0.014

When to start therapy

     

First 3 hours

76

56.7

25

29.8

<0.001

Personal experience with stroke

     

Had stroke

18

13.4

9

10.7

0.553

Have risk for stroke

65

48.5

24

28.6

0.004

Doctor says my stroke risk is high

50

37.3

8

9.5

<0.001

Interest in stroke information

     

Wishes additional information

115

85.8

77

91.7

0.195

By TV

23

17.2

18

21.4

0.433

By newspaper

11

8.2

5

6.0

0.534

By brochure

45

33.6

9

10.7

<0.001

By physician

83

61.9

61

72.6

0.105

Stroke knowledge summary indicators

     

Good symptom knowledge

82

61.2

33

39.3

0.002

Good action knowledge

101

75.4

47

56.0

0.003

Good stroke knowledge

67

50.0

19

22.6

<0.001