Women's Risk of Decision Delay in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Implications for Research and Practice
作者:
Anne,
期刊:
AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 1
页码: 29-39
ISSN:1079-0713
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
关键词: decision delay;myocardial infarction;women
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Despite recent advances in treatment options for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there has not been similar progress in decreasing the time between symptom onset and the decision to seek medical help (labeled "decision delay") and therefore availability of such treatments. Women delay longer than men before seeking help for symptoms of AMI, yet few studies have analyzed decision delay by gender. Factors studied to date do not adequately explain the differences in decision delay among women or between women and men with AMI. Additional research is needed to guide interventions to limit decision delay in women at risk for AMI. Until then, clinicians should use existing general guidelines to assist women at risk of AMI to avoid decision delay.
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