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Factors Influencing Early Admission of Patient to the Hospital (≤ 3 hours and > 3 hours), Aydin, 2005 |
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| Factors |
≤ 3 hours |
> 3 hours |
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| n |
% |
n |
% |
χ2 |
P |
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| Age (year), mean ± SD |
(n = 67) |
66.50 ± 11.56 |
(n = 31) |
70.38 ± 9.40 |
-1.633* |
0.106 |
| Gender |
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| Female |
38 |
71.7 |
15 |
28.3 |
0.592 |
0.442 |
| Male |
29 |
64.4 |
16 |
35.6 |
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| Residence |
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| Urban |
16 |
66.7 |
8 |
33.3 |
0.043 |
0.837 |
| Rural |
51 |
68.9 |
23 |
31.1 |
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| Education |
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| Illiterate |
38 |
65.5 |
20 |
34.5 |
0.534 |
0.465 |
| Literate |
29 |
72.5 |
11 |
27.5 |
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| Marrital status |
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| Married |
43 |
67.2 |
21 |
32.8 |
0.119 |
0.730 |
| Single+widow |
24 |
70.6 |
10 |
29.4 |
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| Occupation |
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| Self-employed |
21 |
63.6 |
12 |
36.4 |
0.629 |
0.730 |
| Paid work |
8 |
66.7 |
4 |
33.3 |
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| Unemployed |
38 |
71.7 |
15 |
28.3 |
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| Social Security (public health insurance)(social insurance) |
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| Yes |
61 |
69.3 |
27 |
30.7 |
0.361 |
0.721 |
| No |
6 |
60.0 |
4 |
40.0 |
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| Self-reported stroke risk factors |
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| Yes |
62 |
68.1 |
29 |
31.9 |
0.033 |
1.000 |
| No |
5 |
71.4 |
2 |
28.6 |
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| Type of transport to the hospital |
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| Personal car/public trans. |
52 |
63.4 |
30 |
36.6 |
5.697 |
0.017 |
| Ambulance |
15 |
93.8 |
1 |
6.3 |
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| Day of the week |
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| Weekday |
55 |
67.9 |
26 |
32.1 |
0.047 |
0.829 |
| Weekend |
12 |
70.6 |
5 |
29.4 |
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| Time of the day |
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| Night |
18 |
72.2 |
7 |
28.0 |
0.205 |
0.651 |
| Daytime |
49 |
67.1 |
24 |
32.9 |
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* %s presented as line percentage ** t value is given | ||||||
Memis et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:15 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-15 |
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