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Table 6 Factors Contributing to the Hospital Arrival time after the symptom onset

From: Missed golden hours of stroke patients at Zweditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Time to Hospital Presentation

Factors

Early

Late

(≤ 4.5 h)

(> 4.5 h)

COR95%CI

AOR 95%CI

P-Value

Type of Stroke

Ischemic

20

35

Reference

Reference

0.036

Haemorrhagic

10

22

3.182(1.258–8.046)

3.350(1.079–10.396)

Level of Education

No Education

8

24

Reference

Reference

 

Primary

8

15

1.617(0.495–5.172)

0.894(0.211–3.783)

0.880

Secondary

9

17

1.588(0.509–4.952)

1.246(0.305–5.094)

0.760

Graduate

5

4

3.00(0.606–14.864)

1.867(0.313–11.139)

0.494

Drug Adherence

High

9

17

Reference

Reference

 

Medium

6

0

0.353(0.095–1.310)

0.675(0.133–3.410)

0.634

Low

6

9

0.237(0.068–0.818)

0.224(0.48–1.044)

0.057

Not on Medication

11

31

0.000

0.000

0.999

Perception of stroke as serious Illness

Yes

17

24

Reference

Reference

 

No

13

35

0.524(0.215–1.276)

0.849(0.583-`1.237)

0.395

Number health visit

 < Two

27

47

Reference

Reference

 

 ≥ Two

3

12

0.402(0.105–1.537)

0.287(0.055–1.487)

0.137

Any substance uses

Yes

7

10

Reference

Reference

0.067

NO

23

50

1.725(0.572–5.20

2.555(0.0.9366.970)

  1. AOR Adjusted Odds ratio, COR Crudes Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval