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Table 2 Knowledge

From: Help seeking behavior and onset-to-alarm time in patients with acute stroke: sub-study of the preventive antibiotics in stroke study

Knowledge of stroke symptoms (open-ended)

No./no. evaluated (%)

Knowledge of stroke symptoms (recall)

No./no. evaluated (%)

One-sided weakness and/or sensory loss

82/158 (52%)

One-sided weakness and/or sensory loss in arm, leg, or face

127/160 (79%)

Face asymmetry

55/158 (35%)

 

Any speech disturbance

60/158 (38%)

Any speech disturbance

59/158 (37%)

Decreased consciousness

20/158 (13%)

 

Vision loss

19/158 (12%)

Vision loss one or both eyes

63/160 (39%)

Headache

17/158 (11%)

Severe, unusual headache

71/160 (44%)

Confusion

14/158 (9%)

 

Dizziness

10/158 (6%)

Dizziness

77/160 (48%)

Nausea/vomiting

7/158 (4%)