Knowledge of Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke among Singapore Residents

Table 3

Bivariate analysis of knowledge of signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke score by independent variables.

	Heart attack knowledge score		Stroke knowledge score
	Low 0–4	High 5–8	Low 0–6	High 7–10
Age
≤35	39.0%	61.0%	41.6%	58.4%
36–49	41.1%	58.9%	39.8%	60.2%
≥50	46.8%	53.2%	47.6%	52.4%
𝑃 value	𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001
Gender
Female	40.6%	59.4%	41.8%	58.2%
Male	44.1%	55.9%	44.3%	55.7%
𝑃 value	𝑃<0.05		Not significant
Race
Chinese	43.3%	56.7%	43.1%	56.9%
Malay	39.2%	60.8%	41.4%	58.6%
Indian	41.4%	58.6%	42.6%	57.4%
Others	35.3%	64.7%	46.8%	53.2%
𝑃 value	Not significant		Not significant
Educational level
PSLE^#/“O-”/“N-” Levels	46.6%	53.4%	46.1%	53.9%
“A-” Levels/Diploma	37.2%	62.8%	39.2%	60.8%
Degree	35.7%	64.3%	37.8%	62.2%
𝑃 value	𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001
Occupational status
Employed	39.2%	60.8%	40.2%	59.8%
Unemployed/retired	47.4%	52.6%	47.7%	52.3%
𝑃 value	𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001

#PSLE: Primary School Leaving Examination.