Pre-hospital delay in acute myocardial infarction: judgement of symptoms and resistance to pain

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

Fernanda Carneiro Mussi¹  Andreia Santos Mendes¹  Tassia Lacerda De Queiroz¹  Ana Lúcia Siqueira Costa¹  Álvaro Pereira¹  Bruno Caramelli¹ 

关键词: Myocardial infarction;    gender identity;    nursing care;    infarto do miocárdio;    identidade de gênero;    cuidados de enfermagem;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1806-9282.60.01.014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective To estimate the time of decision (TD) to look for medical care and the time of arrival (TA) at the health service for men (M) and women (W) suffering from acute myocardial infarction and to analyze the influence of the interpretation of pain and pain resistance behaviors during these times. Methods This is an exploratory research, performed at the university hospital in Salvador/Bahia. 43 W and 54 M were interviewed. To study the dependence among sociodemographic and gender variables, the Fisher Exact Test was used. To analyze times, a geometric mean (GM) was used. In order to verify the association between the GM of TD and TA and the judgment of pain, and between the GM of TD and TA and the behavior of resistance to pain, as well as to test the time of interaction between the gender variable and other variables of interest, the robust regression model was used. The statistical significance adopted was 5%. Results The GM of the TD for M was 1.13 h; for W, 0.74 h. The GM of the TA was 1.74 h for M and 1.47 h for W. Those who did not recognize the symptoms of AMI and presented behavior of resistance to pain had higher TD and TA, being the associations significant. Gender did not change the associations of interest. Conclusion The findings demonstrate the importance of health education aiming at the benefits of early treatment.

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