Research Article
Factors Associated with Prehospital Delay among Men and Women Newly Experiencing Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Qualitative Inquiry
Table 1
Characteristics of the study sample (n = 68).
| Factor | Men (n = 35) | Women (n = 33) |
| Age | 20–30 | 4 | 2 | 31–40 | 12 | 1 | 41–50 | 13 | 5 | 51–60 | 4 | 11 | 61–70 | 2 | 3 | >70 | — | 11 |
| Level of education | High school | 3 | 10 | Diploma | 8 | 6 | Bachelor | 19 | 16 | Masters-Ph.D. | 5 | 1 |
| Work | Housewife | — | 23 | Retired | 2 | 2 | Currently employed | 14 | 5 | Self-employed | 19 | 3 |
| Comorbidities | Hypertension | 4 | 8 | Diabetes mellitus | 5 | 14 | Hyperlipidemia | 8 | 15 | Heart failure | 1 | 3 | Hypothyroidism | 1 | 1 |
| Prehospital delay time (hours) | Range | 1.5–24 | 1–2.5 |
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Some responses were approximate.
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