PMC:2652658 / 10913-12201 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/2652658","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"2652658","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/2652658","text":"3.2 Factors associated with short decision times (≤ 60 min)\nThere were no associations between decision time ≤ 60 min and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors apart from marital status (Table 3); married patients were more likely to have decision times ≤ 60 min than patients who were not married (p = 0.034). Patients who had an STEMI rather than NSTEMI or UA were more likely to have short decision times (p = 0.006), as were those who attributed symptoms to a heart attack rather than some other cause (p = 0.001). Patients whose symptoms started in the presence of a bystander rather than being alone were more likely to have a short decision time (p = 0.006). The variables that were associated with short decision times were not independent of one another, since symptom onset in the presence of a bystander was strongly associated with marital status. Patients who were away from home when their symptoms started had shorter decision times than those who were at home (p = 0.005). In multivariate logistic regression, including all variables found to be significant in Table 3, attribution of symptoms to a heart attack (p \u003c 0.001), presence of a bystander (p = 0.010) and being away from home (p = 0.003) remained significant independent predictors of short decision times.","divisions":[{"label":"label","span":{"begin":0,"end":3}},{"label":"title","span":{"begin":5,"end":60}}],"tracks":[]}