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Background  Rates of thrombolysis in most countries are well below best practice benchmarks. We aimed to investigate thrombolysis utilization and its associated factors in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients in Hubei province, China, to assess neurologists’ experiences of the treatment, and to identify barriers against the treatment from perspective of AIS patients and neurologists.    Methods  Survey of 2096 AIS patients and 709 neurologists from 66 hospitals was conducted in Hubei province between 2014 and 2015. A multivariable logistic regression model was utilized to identify the factors associated with thrombolysis utilization and neurologists’ experiences with thrombolysis.    Results  Of the 2096 AIS patients, only 3.8% received thrombolysis. Of the 709 neurologists, 66.0% reported using thrombolysis for AIS patients. The main reasons for not using thrombolysis were late arrival of patients, fear of the risk of complications of thrombolysis, and light or quickly recovered stroke symptoms. The behavior and clinical characteristics of patients, including early admission to hospital (odds ratio [OR] = 5.81, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 3.31–10.20), using emergency medical services to be hospitalized (OR = 3.36, 95% CI 2.00–5.62), stroke history (OR = 0.53, 95% CI 0.28–0.99), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score < 4 (OR = 0.46, 95% CI 0.27–0.77) were shown to significantly affect the thrombolysis utilization in the multivariate model. In addition, hospital grade (OR = 2.84, 95% CI 1.84–4.37), education level (OR = 2.49, 95% CI 1.09–5.73), and working years (OR = 1.88, 95% CI 1.18–3.00) were strongly associated with neurologists’ experiences of thrombolysis.    Conclusions  A very low proportion of AIS patients received thrombolysis in Hubei province, China. Considerable education programs and interventions were required regarding knowledge of stroke treatment for clinicians and proper behavior after stroke for AIS patients and their families.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s12883-019-1418-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke in Hubei, China: a survey of thrombolysis rate and barriers