Table 2 FMS opinion regarding post stroke care service provision based on practice/healthcentre location
Post stroke care plans at health centres | Location of healthcentre | Fisher’s exact test | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Urban | Rural & Urban | |||
Does your clinic/health centre have a standard care plan specifically for managing stroke patients? | |||||
• Yes | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.282 | 0.272 |
• No | 15 | 26 | 6 | ||
Do you think it is necessary to have a standard care plan for you and your team for managing stroke patients? | |||||
• Yes | 16 | 34 | 6 | 1.053 | 1.00 |
• No | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
In your opinion, do you think a standard care plan for stroke patients will help improve the quality of care for stroke patients in your health center? | |||||
• Yes | 16 | 34 | 6 | 1.053 | 1.00 |
• No | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Have you ever managed a patient who had features of acute stroke during a consultation? | |||||
• Yes | 12 | 30 | 4 | 2.594 | 0.293 |
• No | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
Have you ever been consulted by your subordinates/staff on the management of patients who have had a stroke? | |||||
• Yes | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0.802 | 0.751 |
• No | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
Overall, do you feel comfortable managing patients with stroke? | |||||
• Yes | 14 | 32 | 6 | 1.375 | 0.424 |
• No | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||