Discrepancy between theoretical knowledge and real action in acute stroke: Self-assessment as an important predictor of time to admission

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-479

  Ritter, Martin A ^a,b   Brach, Stefan ^a   Rogalewski, Andreas ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Dziewas, Rainer ^a   Weltermann, Birgitta ^a   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a   Nabavi, Darius G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admission delay; Ischemic stroke; Stroke awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548186127     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X163202     Document Type: Article

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