Patient recognition of and response to symptoms of TIA or stroke

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 168-175

  Barr, Jeanne ^a   McKinley, Sharon ^b   O'Brien, Elizabeth ^a   Herkes, Geoffrey ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders complications, ethnology, therapy; Emergency medical services; Stroke onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645667873     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091659     Document Type: Article

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