TY - JOUR T1 - Factors influencing patient delay before primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The Stent for life initiative in Portugal JO - Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia T2 - AU - Pereira,Hélder AU - Calé,Rita AU - Pinto,Fausto J. AU - Pereira,Ernesto AU - Caldeira,Daniel AU - Mello,Sofia AU - Vitorino,Sílvia AU - Almeida,Manuel de Sousa AU - Mimoso,Jorge SN - 08702551 M3 - 10.1016/j.repc.2017.07.014 DO - 10.1016/j.repc.2017.07.014 UR - https://www.revportcardiol.org/pt-factors-influencing-patient-delay-before-articulo-S0870255117300811 AB - Introduction and AimsShorter patient delays are associated with a better prognosis for patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study aimed to identify predictors of patient delay in the Portuguese population. MethodsData on 994 patients with suspected STEMI of less than 12 hours’ duration and referred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and admitted to 18 Portuguese interventional cardiology centers were collected for a one-month period every year from 2011 to 2015. Univariate and multivariate linear regression models were used to identify predictors of patient delay. ResultsNo significant differences were observed in patient delay over the course of the survey. The multivariate analysis identified five predictors of patient delay: age ≥75 years (exp[beta] 1.28; 95% CI 1.10-1.50; p=0.001), symptom onset between 0:00 and 8:00 a.m. (exp[beta] 1.26; 95% CI 1.10-1.45; p=0.001), and attending a primary care unit before first medical contact (exp[beta] 1.75; 95% CI 1.41-2.16; p<0.001) predicted longer patient delay, while calling the national medical emergency number (112) (exp[beta] 0.84; 95% CI 0.71-1.00; p=0.045) and transport by the emergency medical services to the pPCI facility (exp[beta] 0.71; 95% CI 0.59-0.84; p<0.001) predicted shorter patient delay. ConclusionsWe identified five factors predicting patient delay, which will help in planning interventions to reduce patient delays and to improve the outcome of patients with STEMI. ER -