Pre-hospital delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Factors associated with patient decision time and home-to-hospital delay

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Perkins Porras, Linda ^a   Whitehead, Daisy L ^a   Strike, Philip C ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Pre hospital delay

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; ST SEGMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 59749092626     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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