Time to hospital arrival among patients with acute myocardial infarction in China: a report from China PEACE prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Few contemporary studies have reported the time between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) symptoms onset and hospital arrival, associated factors, and patient perceptions of AMI symptoms and care seeking. We sought to study these issues using data from China, where AMI hospitalizations are increasing.

Methods and results

We used data from the China PEACE prospective AMI study of 53 hospitals across 21 provinces in China. Patients were interviewed during index hospitalization for information of symptom onset, and perceived barriers to accessing care. Regression analyses were conducted to explore factors associated with the time between symptom onset and hospital arrival. The final sample included 3434 patients (mean age 61 years). The median time from symptom onset to ho

SUBMITTER: Guan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307335 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature