Why the study?
Is a telephone interview 2 months post-discharge reliable for assessing prehospital delay compared to medical records in patients with acute coronary disease?
Population
316 patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina at 43 hospitals
Comparison
Telephone interview approximately 2 months… vs Self-reported information provided to hospital…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
approximately 2 months
Authors
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Telephone interviews may not reliably assess prehospital delay; leaves open validity of retrospective recall in ACS cohorts.
Is a telephone interview 2 months post-discharge reliable for assessing prehospital delay compared to medical records in patients with acute coronary disease?
Telephone interviews conducted several months after hospitalization for acute coronary disease may not provide sufficiently reliable information about prehospital delay compared to medical records.
Goldberg et al. (2002) studied this question.