A Community‐Engaged Stroke Preparedness Intervention in Chicago

Autor: Heather Beckstrom, Maryann Mason, Shyam Prabhakaran, Soyang Kwon, Neelum T. Aggarwal, Amy Eisenstein, Sarah Song, Namratha R. Kandula, Knitasha V. Washington, Christopher T Richards, Jen Brown, Erin Wymore
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016344
Popis: Background We evaluated a community‐engaged stroke preparedness intervention that aimed to increase early hospital arrival and emergency medical services (EMS) utilization among patients with stroke in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Methods and Results We compared change in early hospital arrival ( Conclusions Following a community stroke preparedness intervention, early hospital arrival and EMS utilization for confirmed ischemic stroke did not increase. However, ambulance transports for suspected stroke increased in the intervention community compared with other regions. Registration URL: https://www.clini​caltr​ials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT02301299.
Databáze: OpenAIRE