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

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

  KEYWORDS: Acute Myocardial Infarction; Decision Making; Patient; General Public; Knowledge and Attitudes

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.2 No.4, December 26, 2012

  ABSTRACT: 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.