Analysis of Time to the Hospital and Ambulance Use Following a Stroke Community Education Intervention in China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prehospital delay (time from symptom onset of stroke to the door of a hospital) in patients with stroke is long in China. With the goal of improving public awareness and knowledge of stroke recognition, Stroke 1-2-0 was developed in China as an education program to prompt rapid response to the onset of stroke based on clinical practice in China, and examination of its outcomes is needed.

Objective

To investigate the association of the Stroke 1-2-0 educational campaign with prehospital delay for patients with ischemic stroke.

Design, setting, and participants

In a population-based cross-sectional study, all patients with ischemic stroke events were admitted to the Minhang Hospital, which is the only tertiary care hospital with a stroke center that provides a

SUBMITTER: Yuan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature