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Table 1 Patients’ Demographic Characteristics With a Comparison between Groups for Early and Delayed Arrival to Hospital

From: Evaluation of stroke pre-hospital management in Lebanon from symptoms onset to hospital arrival and impact on patients’ status at discharge: a pilot study

Demographic Characteristics

 

ODT

p-value

N (%)

Early 79/93 (85%)

Late 14/93 (15%)

Age (years) Mean ± standard deviation

70.36 ± 12.25

70.13 ± 12.54

69.64 ± 11.00

.893

Gender

 Male

50/93 (53.8%)

40/50 (80%)

10/50 (20%)

.150

 Female

43/93 (46.2%)

39/43 (90.7%)

4/43 (9.3%)

 

Nationality

 Lebanese

83/93 (89.2%)

71/83 (85.5%)

12/83 (14.5%)

.643

 Others

10/93 (10.8%)

8/10 (80%)

2/10 (20%)

 

Housing situation

   

.448

 Alone

11/93 (11.8%)

11/11 (100%)

0/11 (0%)

 

 With family

82/93 (88.2%)

68/82 (83%)

14/82 (17%)

 

Patient Education

   

.029

 Illiterate

37/93 (39.8%)

35/37 (94.6%)

2/37 (5.4%)

.035

 School

49/93 (52.7%)

37/49 (75.5%)

12/49 (24.5%)

.009†

 University

7/93 (7.5%)

7/7 (100%)

0/7 (0%)

.271

Attendant education

 Illiterate

17/93 (18.3%)

15/17 (88.2%)

2/17 (11.8%)

.769

 School

56/93 (60.2%)

46/56 (82.1%)

10/56 (17.9%)

 

 University

20/93 (21.5%)

18/20 (90%)

2/20 (10%)

 

Employment status

 Employed

23/93 (24.7%)

20/23 (87%)

3/23 (13%)

.442

 Unemployeda

70/93 (75.3%)

59/70 (84.3%)

11/70(15.7%)

 

Monthly income

  < 750,000 L.L.

54/93 (58.1%)

43/54 (79.6%)

11/54 (20.4%)

.352

 750,000-2,250,000 L.L.

35/93 (37.6%)

32/35 (91.4%)

3/35 (8.6%)

 

  > 2,250,000 L.L.

4/93 (4.3%)

4/4 (100%)

0/4 (0%)

 

Payer

 Governmental insuranceb

80/93 (86%)

68/80 (85%)

12/80 (15%)

.809

 Non-Governmental insurance (UNc)

9/93 (9.7%)

7/9 (77.8%)

2/9 (22.2%)

 

 Private insurance

2/93 (2.2%)

2/2 (100%)

0/2 (0%)

 

 Out-of-Pocket (No insurance)

2/93 (2.2%)

2/2 (100%)

0/2 (0%)

 
  1. ODT (onset to door time)
  2. aincludes Housewife/Retired/Unemployed
  3. bincludes NSSF (National Social Security Fund)/COOP (The Cooperative of the Civil Servants) /Military/MOPH (Ministry of Public Health) /ISF (Internal Security Forces)
  4. cUN (United Nations)
  5. †post-hoc analysis