Factors influencing Hong Kong Chinese patients' decision-making in seeking early treatment for acute myocardial infarction

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 636-646

  Kaur, Rajwinder ^a   Lopez, Violeta ^b   Thompson, David R ^c  

^a Hong Kong Adventist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Chest pain; Delay; Hong Kong Chinese

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846027122     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20171     Document Type: Article

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