A randomized controlled trial to reduce prehospital delay time in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 495-506

  Mooney, Mary ^a   McKee, Gabrielle ^a   Fealy, Gerard ^b   O'Brien, Frances ^a   O'Donnell, Sharon ^a   Moser, Debra ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; behavioral change; educational intervention; prehospital delay time; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREHOSPITAL DELAY TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; TELECONSULTATION; TIME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; IRELAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84898597773     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.08.114     Document Type: Article

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