Facilitators of and barriers to emergency medical service use by acute ischemic stroke patients: A retrospective survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of the study was to identify facilitators and barriers to emergency medical service use among acute ischemic stroke patients in Korea.

Methods

This paper presents a secondary analysis of a retrospective survey that collected data from questionnaires and medical records. Among 233 acute ischemic stroke patients enrolled in a large-scale study, 160 patients who had arrived at a hospital within 72 h after symptom onset were included in the data analysis.

Results

Users of emergency medical services needed a shorter time than non-users to arrive at hospital (140 min vs. 625 min., p = 0.001) and were more likely to arrive at hospital within 3 h of symptom onset (51.9% vs. 31.5%, p = 0.013). For those who first contacted emergency medica

SUBMITTER: Shin CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626084 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature