Population
300 patients with acute myocardial infarction
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Shorter delay associated with greater knowledge and support; hypothesis-generating for AMI education on coping but requires prospective confirmation.
Educational campaigns for acute myocardial infarction should address coping and defense mechanisms in addition to cardiovascular knowledge to reduce patient delay in seeking help.
Bleeker et al. (2010) studied this question.
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