What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: Acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction) (n=212). Intervention: Female sex vs. Male sex. Primary outcome: Differences in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndromes (including delay in seeking care).

What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore gender differences in responses to acute coronary syndrome signs and symptoms among Lebanese individuals.

January 1, 2008American Journal of Critical Care

Response to Signs and Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Differences Between Lebanese Men and Women

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

Lebanese women with acute coronary syndromes delay seeking hospital care longer than men and are less likely to know the signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Key result

Lebanese women with acute coronary syndromes delayed seeking hospital care longer than men and were less likely to know the signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction.

Why the study?

Do cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndromes differ between Lebanese men and women?

Population

212 Lebanese adults with unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction admitted to coronary care in a…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SNSamar NoureddineRafik Hariri University Hospital MAMary ArevianAmerican University of Beirut MAMarina AdraAmerican University of Beirut

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Implication

Lebanese women with ACS merit clinical vigilance for delays; hypothesis-generating for targeted education pending prospective studies.

Key Points

To explore gender differences in responses to acute coronary syndrome signs and symptoms among Lebanese individuals.
Convenience sample of 149 men and 63 women
Participants interviewed within 72 hours of admission using the Response to Symptoms Questionnaire
Demographic and clinical data collected from medical records
Women experienced more shoulder pain, dyspnea, nausea and vomiting, and palpitations than men.
Women were delayed longer in seeking hospital care compared to men, correlating with symptom perception.
Women rated their symptoms as more severe than men rated theirs.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=212)

Multicenter

Structured PICO

Do cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndromes differ between Lebanese men and women?

Population

212 Lebanese adults (149 men, 63 women) with unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction admitted to coronary care in a tertiary center.

Outcome

Differences in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndromes, including delay in seeking carepatient reported

Lebanese women with ACS experience different symptoms, rate them as more severe, and delay seeking care longer than men, highlighting a need for sex-specific educational interventions.

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Noureddine et al. (2008) conducted a cross-sectional in Acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction) (n=212). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Differences in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndromes (including delay in seeking care). Lebanese women with acute coronary syndromes delayed seeking hospital care longer than men and were less likely to know the signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a18d50a8dcaf40f45cfd21f https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2008.17.1.26

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Women and heart disease

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Response to Signs and Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Differences Between Lebanese Men and Women

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