Table 3

Factors Influencing Early Admission of Patient to the Hospital (≤ 3 hours and > 3 hours), Aydin, 2005

Factors
3 hours
> 3 hours



n
%
n
%
χ2
P

Age (year), mean ± SD
(n = 67)
66.50 ± 11.56
(n = 31)
70.38 ± 9.40
-1.633*
0.106
Gender






     Female
38
71.7
15
28.3
0.592
0.442
     Male
29
64.4
16
35.6


Residence






     Urban
16
66.7
8
33.3
0.043
0.837
     Rural
51
68.9
23
31.1


Education






     Illiterate
38
65.5
20
34.5
0.534
0.465
     Literate
29
72.5
11
27.5


Marrital status






     Married
43
67.2
21
32.8
0.119
0.730
     Single+widow
24
70.6
10
29.4


Occupation






     Self-employed
21
63.6
12
36.4
0.629
0.730
     Paid work
8
66.7
4
33.3


     Unemployed
38
71.7
15
28.3


Social Security (public health insurance)(social insurance)
     Yes
61
69.3
27
30.7
0.361
0.721
     No
6
60.0
4
40.0


Self-reported stroke risk factors






     Yes
62
68.1
29
31.9
0.033
1.000
     No
5
71.4
2
28.6


Type of transport to the hospital






     Personal car/public trans.
52
63.4
30
36.6
5.697
0.017
     Ambulance
15
93.8
1
6.3


Day of the week






     Weekday
55
67.9
26
32.1
0.047
0.829
     Weekend
12
70.6
5
29.4


Time of the day






     Night
18
72.2
7
28.0
0.205
0.651
     Daytime
49
67.1
24
32.9



* %s presented as line percentage ** t value is given

Memis et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:15   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-15