Public stroke awareness among Gharbia governorate inhabitants: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Availability of medical care for participants

	Urban (n: 908)	Rural (n: 961)	Chi-square
	Urban (n: 908)	Rural (n: 961)	Χ²	p-value
Interest in medical information
Interested	102 (11.3%)	112 (11.7%)	0.079	0.775
Not interested	806 (88.7%)	849 (88.3%)	0.079	0.775
How to get medical care?
General health centers^a	81 (8.9%)	130 (13.5%)	9.89	0.002*
Private clinics	427 (47%)	360 (37.5%)	17.52	< 0.001*
General hospitals clinics	204 (22.5%)	181 (18.8%)	3.77	0.052
Pharmacist	206 (22.7%)	276 (28.7%)	22.85	< 0.001*
Emergency department	33 (3.6%)	26 (2.7%)	1.31	0.25
Paramedical relatives	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.6%)	11.58	< 0.001*
When do you get a consultation?
Weekly	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	2.012	0.156
Monthly	28 (3.1%)	46 (4.8%)	3.561	0.059
Annually	15 (1.7%)	13 (1.4%)	0.277	0.595
When necessary	862 (94.9%)	894 (93%)	2.987	0.084

*Significant
^aGeneral Health Centers or rural medical units under the management of the Egyptian ministry of health