Abstract
Background: Heath awareness plays a major role in determining the outcomes of serious medical conditions specially when response time is crucial. STEMI patients are prone to serious compilations if they didn’t receive the appropriate treatment on time. Raising the health awareness of the community would result in seeking medical help at earlier stage of the disease. Earlier presentation to the medical center would result in better health outcomes. Certain factors form the health awareness of the community. This includes educational level, previous exposure to similar situations, and exposure to health awareness materials.
Methods: This is a cohort study in the National Heart Institute in Egypt following up STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI during their hospital stay. Correlation between educational level, health awareness, and time of arrival to ER and in hospital complications during hospital stay was assessed.
Results: Data of 166 patients were analyzed showing significant correlation between health awareness and time of presentation to the ER in STEMI patients (P:
Conclusion: Education level and Health awareness of cardiac symptoms are associated with early presentation to the ER in STEMI patients. However, this didn’t result in a significant change in the outcomes of STEMI due to a delay in the time to catheterization compared to the international standards.
School
School of Sciences and Engineering
Department
Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology
Degree Name
MA in Global Public Health
Graduation Date
Spring 2-16-2024
Submission Date
11-19-2023
First Advisor
Mohamed Salama
Second Advisor
Seham Elmrayed
Third Advisor
Bassem Zarif
Committee Member 1
Mohamed Salama
Committee Member 2
Hassan El-Fawal
Committee Member 3
Khaled Leon
Extent
68 p.
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval
Approval has been obtained for this item
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Elsayed, A. M.
(2024)." Does Educational level Affect the Outcome of Myocardial Infarction? " [Master's Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2223
MLA Citation
Elsayed, Ahmed Magdy Ahmed. " Does Educational level Affect the Outcome of Myocardial Infarction? ". 2024. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2223
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