ArticleIndian heart journal
A study to explore the factors related to treatment seeking delay among adults diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction at KMCH, Coimbatore.
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- Acute myocardial infarction treatment delay in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Future cardiology · 2025Pooled it
- Health-seeking behavior and its determinants for non-communicable diseases in India - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiac symptom attribution and knowledge of the symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Healthcare-Seeking Decisions Delay During Acute Exacerbations in Older Adults with Chronic Heart Failure: An Analysis Based on a Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Number of comorbidities and the risk of delay in seeking treatment for coronary heart disease: a longitudinal study in Bogor City, Indonesia.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2024Article
- Presentation, care, and outcomes of patients with NSTEMI according to World Bank country income classification: the ACVC-EAPCI EORP NSTEMI Registry of the European Society of Cardiology.European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes · 2023Article
- Treatment Seeking Behaviors and Associated Factors among Patients Experiencing Acute Coronary Syndrome Using Health Belief Model in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
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- Acute coronary syndrome treatment delay in low to middle-income countries: A systematic review.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2021Article
- Pre-hospital delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
- Pre-Hospital Factors Influencing Time of Arrival at Emergency Departments for Patients with Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2019Article
- Predictors of Pre-hospital Delay in Myocardial Infarction: A Cross-sectional Study at a Tertiary Care Center of Ahmedabad, India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe main aim of the study was to explore the factors causing delay in seeking treatment among adult patients diagnosed with CAAs acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and compare the factors between timely and late treatment seeking groups.
methodA total of 93 subjects were included in the study diagnosed with AMI interviewed within 48h of hospitalization. Data were collected from onset of symptoms to arrival at hospital on demography, clinical profile, clinical factors, cognitive factors and social support factors. Subjects were categorized in two study groups i.e. timely treatment seeking group (<120min from onset of symptoms) and delayed treatment seeking group (>120min from onset of symptoms).
resultsThe minimum and maximum time took by subjects to seek treatment was 10 and 5450min, respectively. The mean pain score of subjects who sought delayed treatment (2.2619) is less than those who sought timely treatment (3.3725). The mean knowledge score (12.2754), mean symptom perception (3.6667), mean perceived seriousness (4.7647) is more in subjects who sought timely treatment than those who sought delayed treatment (5.7381), (1.3095), (1.8333) respectively. The mean family support score (57.4492), mean non-family support score (24.902), mean social support score (48.3002) is more in timely treatment group than in delayed treatment seeking group (42.6829), (4.7619), (29.2138) respectively.
conclusionDecreased pain, knowledge about AMI, symptom perception, perceived seriousness respectively and inadequate family & non-family support i.e. social support were the factors related to treatment seeking delay among adults diagnosed with AMI.
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