Table 4 Stroke knowledge according to county and time period

 At least 2 FAST symptoms

269

(40.5)

252

(48.7)

0.038

43

(46.2)

71

(49.0)

0.606

 All 3 FAST symptoms

52

(7.8)

55

(10.6)

0.167

5

(5.4)

13

(9.0)

0.220

 Arm or leg weakness

337

(54.8)

282

(56.7)

0.897

49

(57.7)

74

(58.3)

0.944

 Facial weakness

125

(20.3)

133

(26.8)

0.052

12

(14.1)

38

(29.9)

0.023

 Speech disturbance

335

(54.5)

300

(60.4)

0.010

53

(62.4)

80

(63.0)

0.899

 Balance disturbance

71

(11.5)

68

(13.7)

0.105

15

(17.7)

16

(12.6)

0.600

 Visual disturbance

101

(16.4)

59

(11.9)

0.149

14

(16.5)

11

(8.7)

0.282

 Coma

123

(20.0)

87

(17.5)

0.512

16

(18.8)

21

(16.5)

0.430

 Stroke is an emergency situation

660

(99.3)

511

(98.7)

0.241

90

(96.8)

142

(97.9)

0.257

 EMS call

545

(82.0)

417

(80.5)

0.725

74

(79.6)

114

(78.6)

0.837

 Yes

383

(58.6)

251

(48.6)

0.113

55

(61.1)

69

(48.6)

0.583

 No

87

(13.3)

100

(19.3)

12

(13.3)

18

(12.7)

 Do not know

183

(28.0)

166

(32.1)

23

(25.6)

55

(38.7)

Knowledge of thrombolysis^a

21

(3.2)

14

(2.7)

0.682

2

(2.2)

9

(6.2)

0.084

 Only older than 65

42

(6.40)

5

(1.0)

0.002

9

(9.9)

12

(8.5)

0.638

 Only older than 18

457

(69.7)

263

(50.8)

< 0.001

54

(59.3)

85

(59.9)

0.337

 All ages

132

(20.1)

200

(38.6)

< 0.001

26

(28.6)

36

(25.4)

0.605