Gender-stratified analyses of symptoms associated with acute coronary syndrome in telephone triage: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify clinical variables that are associated with the diagnosis acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women and men with chest discomfort who contact out-of-hours primary care (OHS-PC) by telephone, and to explore whether there are indications whether these variables differ among women and men.

Design

Cross-sectional study in which we compared patient and call characteristics of triage call recordings between women with and without ACS, and men with and without ACS.

Setting

Nine OHS-PC in the Netherlands.

Participants

993 women and 802 men who called OHS-PC for acute chest discomfort (pain, pressure, tightness or discomfort) between 2014 and 2016.

Primary outcome measure

Diagnosis of ACS retrieved from the patient's medical record in general

SUBMITTER: Wouters LTCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237735 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature