Female gender doubles pre-hospital delay times for patients experiencing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 399-407

  Alshahrani, Hassan ^a,b   McConkey, Roy ^a   Wilson, Julie ^c   Youssef, Mostafa ^d   Fitzsimons, Donna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Riyadh Regional Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

gender; mixed methods; myocardial infarction; Pre hospital delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESPONSE TO SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERAPY DELAY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84907197860     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515113507159     Document Type: Article

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