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The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey
BACKGROUND: Prompt treatment affects prognosis and survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) onset. This study evaluated the awareness of early symptoms of AMI and knowledge of appropriate responses on symptom occurrence, along with related factors. METHODS: Participants’ knowledge of the ear...
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Japan Epidemiological Association
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853101 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150074 |
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author | Kim, Hee-Sook Lee, HeyJean Kim, KeonYeop Park, Hyeung-Keun Park, Ki-Soo Kang, Gil Won Shin, Hee-Young Kim, Rock Bum Oh, Gyung-Jae Seo, Jae Hee Lee, Young-Hoon |
author_facet | Kim, Hee-Sook Lee, HeyJean Kim, KeonYeop Park, Hyeung-Keun Park, Ki-Soo Kang, Gil Won Shin, Hee-Young Kim, Rock Bum Oh, Gyung-Jae Seo, Jae Hee Lee, Young-Hoon |
author_sort | Kim, Hee-Sook |
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description | BACKGROUND: Prompt treatment affects prognosis and survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) onset. This study evaluated the awareness of early symptoms of AMI and knowledge of appropriate responses on symptom occurrence, along with related factors. METHODS: Participants’ knowledge of the early symptoms of and responses to AMI onset were investigated using a random digit dialing survey. We included 9600 residents of 16 metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea. RESULTS: The proportions of respondents who were aware of early symptoms of AMI ranged from 32.9% (arm or shoulder pain) to 79.1% (chest pain and discomfort). Of the respondents, 67.0% would call an ambulance if someone showed signs of AMI, 88.7% knew ≥1 symptom, 10.9% knew all five symptoms, and 3.1% had excellent knowledge (correct identification of all five AMI symptoms, not answering “Yes” to the trap question, and correctly identifying calling an ambulance as the appropriate response when someone is exhibiting AMI symptoms). The odds ratio (OR) for having excellent knowledge was significantly higher for those who graduated college or higher (OR 3.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09–10.76) than for those with less than a primary school education, as well as for subjects with AMI advertisement exposure (OR 1.49; 95% CI, 1.10–2.02) and with knowledge of AMI (OR 1.63; 95% CI, 1.16–2.27). The 60- to 79-year-old group had significantly lower OR for excellent knowledge than the 20- to 39-year-old group (OR 0.53; 95% CI, 0.28–0.99). CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of AMI symptoms and the appropriate action to take after symptom onset in South Korea was poor. Therefore, educational and promotional strategies to increase the overall awareness in the general public, especially in the elderly and those with low education levels, are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-48483212016-05-05 The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey Kim, Hee-Sook Lee, HeyJean Kim, KeonYeop Park, Hyeung-Keun Park, Ki-Soo Kang, Gil Won Shin, Hee-Young Kim, Rock Bum Oh, Gyung-Jae Seo, Jae Hee Lee, Young-Hoon J Epidemiol Original Article BACKGROUND: Prompt treatment affects prognosis and survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) onset. This study evaluated the awareness of early symptoms of AMI and knowledge of appropriate responses on symptom occurrence, along with related factors. METHODS: Participants’ knowledge of the early symptoms of and responses to AMI onset were investigated using a random digit dialing survey. We included 9600 residents of 16 metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea. RESULTS: The proportions of respondents who were aware of early symptoms of AMI ranged from 32.9% (arm or shoulder pain) to 79.1% (chest pain and discomfort). Of the respondents, 67.0% would call an ambulance if someone showed signs of AMI, 88.7% knew ≥1 symptom, 10.9% knew all five symptoms, and 3.1% had excellent knowledge (correct identification of all five AMI symptoms, not answering “Yes” to the trap question, and correctly identifying calling an ambulance as the appropriate response when someone is exhibiting AMI symptoms). The odds ratio (OR) for having excellent knowledge was significantly higher for those who graduated college or higher (OR 3.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09–10.76) than for those with less than a primary school education, as well as for subjects with AMI advertisement exposure (OR 1.49; 95% CI, 1.10–2.02) and with knowledge of AMI (OR 1.63; 95% CI, 1.16–2.27). The 60- to 79-year-old group had significantly lower OR for excellent knowledge than the 20- to 39-year-old group (OR 0.53; 95% CI, 0.28–0.99). CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of AMI symptoms and the appropriate action to take after symptom onset in South Korea was poor. Therefore, educational and promotional strategies to increase the overall awareness in the general public, especially in the elderly and those with low education levels, are needed. Japan Epidemiological Association 2016-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4848321/ /pubmed/26853101 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150074 Text en © 2016 Hee-Sook Kim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Hee-Sook Lee, HeyJean Kim, KeonYeop Park, Hyeung-Keun Park, Ki-Soo Kang, Gil Won Shin, Hee-Young Kim, Rock Bum Oh, Gyung-Jae Seo, Jae Hee Lee, Young-Hoon The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title | The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title_full | The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title_fullStr | The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title_short | The General Public’s Awareness of Early Symptoms of and Emergency Responses to Acute Myocardial Infarction and Related Factors in South Korea: A National Public Telephone Survey |
title_sort | general public’s awareness of early symptoms of and emergency responses to acute myocardial infarction and related factors in south korea: a national public telephone survey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853101 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150074 |
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