Research Article

Sex, Knowledge, and Attitude of Stroke Survivors Attending Bebe Herbal Center on Risk Factors before and after Stroke

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of the survivors and Person’s chi-square test between male and female.

VariablesMaleFemale
(%) (%)

Age group (yrs)12.04
<456 (4.0)3 (2.0)
45-493 (2.0)2 (1.3)
50-546 (4.0)12 (8.1)
55-599 (6.0)9 (6.0)
60-6414 (9.4)8 (5.4)
65-697 (4.7)9 (6.0)
70-7427 (18.1)9 (6.0)
75-7910 (6.7)7 (4.7)
≥806 (4.0)2 (1.3)
Education12.31
Primary school41 (27.5)38 (25.5)
Secondary school25 (16.8)14 (9.4)
Tertiary school19 (12.8)5 (3.4)
No school3 (2.0)4 (2.7)
Occupation23.65
Unemployed4 (2.7)1 (0.7)
Trader18 (12.1)23 (15.4)
Artisan29 (19.5)11 (7.4)
Farmer11 (7.4)21 (14.1)
Civil servant26 (17.4)5 (3.4)
Side affected0.403
Left52 (34.9)32 (21.5)
Right36 (24.2)29 (19.5)
Number of children1.146
No child4 (2.7)3 (2.0)
1-419 (12.8)16 (10.7)
5-856 (37.6)35 (23.5)
Above 89 (6.0)7 (4.7)

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