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Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Background: Despite recent advances in acute stroke care, only 1–8% of patients can receive reperfusion therapies, mainly because of prehospital delay (PHD). Objective: This study aimed to identify factors associated with PHD from the onset of acute stroke symptoms until arrival at the hospital. Met...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31627368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8101712 |
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author | Soto-Cámara, Raúl González-Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo Martín-Santidrian, Asunción Cubo, Esther Trejo-Gabriel-Galán, José M |
author_facet | Soto-Cámara, Raúl González-Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo Martín-Santidrian, Asunción Cubo, Esther Trejo-Gabriel-Galán, José M |
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description | Background: Despite recent advances in acute stroke care, only 1–8% of patients can receive reperfusion therapies, mainly because of prehospital delay (PHD). Objective: This study aimed to identify factors associated with PHD from the onset of acute stroke symptoms until arrival at the hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including all patients consecutively admitted with stroke symptoms to Burgos University Hospital (Burgos, Spain). Socio-demographic, clinical, behavioral, cognitive, and contextualized characteristics were recorded, and their possible associations with PHD were studied using univariate and multivariable regression analyses. Results: The median PHD of 322 patients was 138.50 min. The following factors decreased the PHD and time until reperfusion treatment where applicable: asking for help immediately after the onset of symptoms (OR 10.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.47–23.99), onset of stroke during the daytime (OR 7.73; 95% CI 3.09–19.34) and the weekend (OR 2.64; 95% CI 1.19–5.85), occurrence of stroke outside the home (OR 7.09; 95% CI 1.97–25.55), using a prenotification system (OR 6.46; 95% CI 1.71–8.39), patient’s perception of being unable to control symptoms without assistance (OR 5.14; 95% CI 2.60–10.16), previous knowledge of stroke as a medical emergency (OR 3.20; 95% CI 1.38–7.40), call to emergency medical services as the first medical contact (OR 2.77; 95% CI 1.32–5.88), speech/language difficulties experienced by the patient (OR 2.21; 95% CI 1.16–4.36), and the identification of stroke symptoms by the patient (OR 1.98; 95% CI 1.03–3.82). Conclusions: The interval between the onset of symptoms and arrival at the hospital depends on certain contextual, cognitive, and behavioral factors, all of which should be considered when planning future public awareness campaigns. |
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spelling | pubmed-68329682019-11-25 Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Soto-Cámara, Raúl González-Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo Martín-Santidrian, Asunción Cubo, Esther Trejo-Gabriel-Galán, José M J Clin Med Article Background: Despite recent advances in acute stroke care, only 1–8% of patients can receive reperfusion therapies, mainly because of prehospital delay (PHD). Objective: This study aimed to identify factors associated with PHD from the onset of acute stroke symptoms until arrival at the hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including all patients consecutively admitted with stroke symptoms to Burgos University Hospital (Burgos, Spain). Socio-demographic, clinical, behavioral, cognitive, and contextualized characteristics were recorded, and their possible associations with PHD were studied using univariate and multivariable regression analyses. Results: The median PHD of 322 patients was 138.50 min. The following factors decreased the PHD and time until reperfusion treatment where applicable: asking for help immediately after the onset of symptoms (OR 10.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.47–23.99), onset of stroke during the daytime (OR 7.73; 95% CI 3.09–19.34) and the weekend (OR 2.64; 95% CI 1.19–5.85), occurrence of stroke outside the home (OR 7.09; 95% CI 1.97–25.55), using a prenotification system (OR 6.46; 95% CI 1.71–8.39), patient’s perception of being unable to control symptoms without assistance (OR 5.14; 95% CI 2.60–10.16), previous knowledge of stroke as a medical emergency (OR 3.20; 95% CI 1.38–7.40), call to emergency medical services as the first medical contact (OR 2.77; 95% CI 1.32–5.88), speech/language difficulties experienced by the patient (OR 2.21; 95% CI 1.16–4.36), and the identification of stroke symptoms by the patient (OR 1.98; 95% CI 1.03–3.82). Conclusions: The interval between the onset of symptoms and arrival at the hospital depends on certain contextual, cognitive, and behavioral factors, all of which should be considered when planning future public awareness campaigns. MDPI 2019-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6832968/ /pubmed/31627368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8101712 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Soto-Cámara, Raúl González-Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo Martín-Santidrian, Asunción Cubo, Esther Trejo-Gabriel-Galán, José M Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title | Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title_full | Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title_fullStr | Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title_short | Factors Associated with Shortening of Prehospital Delay among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke |
title_sort | factors associated with shortening of prehospital delay among patients with acute ischemic stroke |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31627368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8101712 |
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