Research Article
Predictors of Delay in Seeking Health Care among Myocardial Infarction Patients, Minia District, Egypt
Table 1
Prehospital delay in relation to baseline and demographic characteristics of the participants.
| | Variables | All
() | Early arrival ≤ 2 hours
() = 32.3% | Prehospital delay > 2 hours
) 67.7% | | OR (95% CI) | value |
| | Age | | | | | | | | <50 years old | 49 (23.7) | 26 (38.8) | 23 (16.4) | 17.69 | Reference | 0.0001 | | 50–65 years old | 107 (52.7) | 34 (50.7) | 73 (52.1) | 2.43 (1.21–4.85) | | >65 years old | 51 (24.6) | 7 (10.5) | 44 (31.4) | 7.11 (2.68–18.84) | | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 155 (74.9) | 55 (82.1) | 100 (71.4) | 2.73 | Reference | 0.09 | | Females | 52 (25.1) | 12 (17.9) | 40 (28.6) | 1.83 (0.88–3.78) | | Residence | | | | | | | | Urban | 106 (51.2) | 43 (64.2) | 63 (45) | 6.67 | Reference | 0.01 | | Rural | 101 (48.8) | 24 (35.8) | 77 (55) | 2.19 (1.20–3.99) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | Married | 164 (79.3) | 57 (85.1) | 107 (76.4) | 2.05 | Reference | 0.2 | | Unmarried (widow, single, or divorced) | 43 (20.7) | 10 (14.9) | 33 (23.6) | 1.75 (0.81–3.82) | | Educational level | | | | | | | | University/above | 58 (28.1) | 29 (43.3) | 29 (20.7) | 21.66 | Reference | 0.0001 | | Below university | 74 (35.7) | 28 (41.8) | 46 (32.9) | 1.6 (0.82–3.29) | | Illiterate | 75 (36.2) | 10 (14.9) | 65 (46.4) | 6.50 (2.80–15.07) | | Occupation | | | | | | | | Professional | 43 (20.8) | 21 (31.3) | 22 (15.7) | 12.51 | Reference | 0.006 | | Cleric | 35 (16.9) | 14 (20.9) | 21 (15) | 1.8 (0.79–4.32) | | Manual working | 47 (22.7) | 16 (23.9) | 31 (22.1) | 1.4 (0.58–3.53) | | Unemployed | 82 (39.6) | 16 (23.9) | 66 (47.2) | 3.9 (1.75–8.85) | | Risk factors | | | | | | | | Hypertension | | | | | | | | Yes | 105 (50.7) | 38 (56.7) | 67 (47.9) | 1.42 | 0.70 (0.39–1.25) | 0.2 | | No |
102 (49.3) | 29 (43.3) | 73 (52.1) | Reference | | Diabetes | | | | | | | | Yes | 98 (47.4) | 32 (47.8) | 66 (47.1) | 0.007 | 0.97 (0.54–1.74) | 0.9 | | No | 109 (52.6) | 35 (52.2) | 74 (52.9) | Reference | | Previous angina | | | | | | | | Yes | 55 (26.6) | 26 (38.8) | 29 (20.7) | 7.60 | 0.41 (0.21–0.78) | 0.006 | | No | 152 (73.4) | 41 (61.2) | 111 (79.3) | Reference |
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Statistically significant. OR (95% CI) is odds ratio (95% confidence interval).
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