Table 4

Reported impact on stroke care during the pandemic according to the incidence rate

Total sampleIncidence rate (cases/100,000 inhabitants)
50–100100–200200–300>300P
Longer delay to hospital arrival44 (77)10 (77)9 (75)12 (71)13 (86)0.74
Longer delay to neurologist8 (14)2 (15)1 (8)1 (6)4 (27)0.35
Longer delay to diagnostic tests31 (54)6 (46)5 (42)7 (41)13 (88)0.035
Longer door-to-needle time21 (37)5 (38)4 (33)4 (23.5)8 (53)0.37
Longer door-to-puncture time19 (33)4 (31)4 (33)6 (35)5 (33)0.99
  • Data are presented as number (%) of affirmative responses in each group.