A media campaign aiming at reducing delay times and increasing the use of ambulance in AMI.

• To improve the prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) if treatment by early instituting treatment, we initiated a media campaign during 1 year with the intention to reduce delay times and increase ambulance use in patients with acute chest pain. This article describes the outcome during 3 years after the campaign was finished. The median delay time in patients with AMI was reduced from 3 hours 0 min before the campaign to 2 hours 20 minutes during the year of the campaign (P < .001). The median delay time remained at a similar level (2 hours 20 min) during the 3 years after the campaign. Ambulance use was not affected during or after the campaign. It can be concluded that a media campaign resulted in a reduction of delay times not only during the campaign, but also during 3 years after its performance, whereas ambulance use was not affected.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Acute Disease

Adult

Age Factors

Aged

Aged

80 and over

Ambulances

utilization

Evaluation Studies as Topic

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Health Education

methods

Humans

Male

Mass Media

Middle Aged

Myocardial Infarction

epidemiology

mortality

Sweden

epidemiology

Time Management

Transportation of Patients

trends

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)