Knowledge about Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and attitudes to medical care seeking—A comparison between patients and the general public

作     者：Catrin Henriksson Margareta Larsson Judy Arnetz Johan Herlitz Jan-Erik Karlsson Leif Svensson Marie Thuresson Crister Zedigh Lisa Wernroth Bertil Lindahl 

作者机构：Department of Cardiology Falu Hospital Falun Sweden Department of Cardiology Orebro University Hospital Orebro Sweden Department of Cardiology Ryhov Hospital Jonkoping Sweden Department of Clinical Science and Education Karolinska Institute Stockholm Sweden Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Wayne State University Detroit USA Department of Medical Sciences and Uppsala Clinical Research Center Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden Department of Women’s and Children’s health Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden Institution of Medicine Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg Sweden 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Nursing》 (护理学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第4期

页      面：372-378页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Acute Myocardial Infarction Decision Making Patient General Public Knowledge and Attitudes 

摘      要：Background: Patients with acute myocardial infarction often have long decision times before seeking medical care. The decision time is influenced by knowledge of AMI-symptoms, psychological factors and the response of people near the patient to the symptoms. Aim: To investigate and compare the knowledge of AMI, intended actions in response to AMI-symptoms and attitudes toward seeking medical care of patients and the general public. Method: This was a multicentre study with descriptive and comparative design, using questionnaires as an instrument. The population consisted of AMI-patients and representatives of the general public. Results: There was good knowledge about typical AMI-symptoms among the participants. The majority thought an AMI always starts suddenly. Patients did not know more about the time-dependency of treatment outcome than the general public. A greater proportion of the general public would contact an additional person before consulting medical professionals. Conclusions: Patients had no better knowledge about AMI than the general public, but would more commonly act appropriately in case of AMI-symptoms.