Are there gender disparities in symptom presentation or triage of patients with chest discomfort at primary care out-of-hours services? An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous hospital-based studies have suggested delayed recognition of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women. We wanted to assess differences in symptom presentation or triage among women and men who contacted primary care out-of-hours services (OHS) for chest discomfort.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Primary care OHS.

Participants

276 women and 242 men with chest discomfort who contacted a primary care OHS in the Netherlands in 2013 and 2014.

Main outcome measures

Differences between women and men regarding symptom presentation and urgency allocation.

Results

8.4% women and 14.0% men had ACS. Differences in symptoms between patients with and without ACS were in general small, for both women and men. In women with AC

SUBMITTER: van der Meer MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886986 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature