Key result
Among Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction, the median prehospital delay was 151 minutes, with significant psychological barriers identified including symptom mismatch in 69.7% and cardiac denial in 53.2%.
Why the study?
Prolonged prehospital delay is a major barrier to timely acute myocardial infarction interventions, and in-depth barriers contributing to this delay in Chinese patients needed elucidation.
Population
296 eligible AMI patients in China
Design
Multicenter cross-sectional observational study
Authors
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May inform targeted education on AMI symptoms in China; hypothesis-generating for interventions to shorten prehospital delay.
Cross-Sectional (n=296)
Yes
In Chinese AMI patients, median prehospital delay was 150.5 minutes, with significant psychological barriers identified such as symptom mismatch and cardiac denial.
Hoschar et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (n=296). Psychological and clinical factors was evaluated on Prehospital delay (PHD) time. Among Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction, the median prehospital delay was 151 minutes, with significant psychological barriers identified including symptom mismatch in 69.7% and cardiac denial in 53.2%.
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