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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOME OUT-OF-HOSPITAL FACTORS AND TIME TO HOSPITAL IN ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS
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Objective: To study the relationship between some out-of-hospital factors and time to hospital in ischemic stroke patients. Subject and method. A prospective, cross-sectional, controlled study, included: 86 patients with cerebral infarction who came to the hospital ≤ 4.5hours from onset, and 170 patients after 4.5 hours. Result. Patients with a high level of education had a higher proportion of patients coming to the hospital ≤ 4.5 hours than the rate of patients coming to the hospital after 4.5 hours, with p = 0.002. Patients who understand stroke have a 70.6% rate of going to the hospital before 4.5 hours, higher than that after 4.5 hours, with p = 0.000. If the distance to the hospital is less than 5.05km, patients are likely to arrive at the hospital 4.5 hours before, with a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 79%, with p < 0.05. Conclusion: Education level, understanding of stroke, and distance to hospital are related to time to hospital in ischemic stroke patients
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