Key result
Past educational and mass media campaigns to shorten patient delay for suspected heart attack achieved equivocal results, failing to shorten pre-hospital delays despite improving symptom understanding.
Why the study?
Do campaigns to shorten patient delay reduce time to care for suspected heart attacks?
Do campaigns to shorten patient delay reduce time to care for suspected heart attacks?
Future campaigns to reduce patient delay for suspected heart attacks should address psychosocial and behavioral barriers and target high-risk populations.
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Campaigns have not shortened pre-hospital delays; leaves open whether targeting psychosocial barriers in high-risk groups will succeed.
Finn et al. (2007) conducted a review in Suspected heart attack. Campaigns to shorten patient delay was evaluated. Past educational and mass media campaigns to shorten patient delay for suspected heart attack achieved equivocal results, failing to shorten pre-hospital delays despite improving symptom understanding.
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