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Table 2 Awareness of calling EMS and seeking immediate medical assistance among respondents

From: Public and outpatients’ awareness of calling emergency medical services immediately by acute stroke in an upper middle-income country: a cross-sectional questionnaire study in greater Gaborone, Botswana

 

Calling EMS

Seeking immediate medical assistance

OR

n(%)

Yes

No

p

n(%)

n(%)

Total respodents

   

< 0.001

3.8

 Aware

2200(78.3)

2099(97.0)

101(51.8)

  

 Unaware

608(21.7)

514(3.0)

94(48.2)

  

Public

   

< 0.001

3

 Aware

1530(76.0)

1449(77.8)

81(54.0)

  

 Unaware

483(24.0)

414(22.2)

69(46.0)

  

Outpatients

   

< 0.001

8.1

 Aware

670(84.3)

650(86.7)

20(44.4)

  

 Unaware

125(15.7)

100(13.3)

25(55.6)

  
 

Seeking immediate medical assistance

Calling EMS

No

  

Yes

Total respondents

   

< 0.001

3.8

 Aware

2613(93.1)

2099(95.4)

514(84.5)

  

 Unaware

195(6.9)

101(4.6)

94(15.5)

  

Public

   

< 0.001

3

 Aware

1863(92.5)

1449(94.7)

414(85.7)

  

 Unaware

150(7.5)

81(5.3)

69(14.3)

  

Outpatients

   

< 0.001

8.1

 Aware

750(94.3)

650(97.0)

100(80.0)

  

 Unaware

45(5.7)

20(3.0)

25(20.0)

  
  1. EMS emergency medical services, OR odds ratio