PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: A retrospective and descriptive survey was conducted to investigate the level of anxiety that patients experience in early stage of AMI and to examine whether anxiety independently predict inhospital complications. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: AMI is a major cause of death and disability. Anxiety may contribute to developing complications and mortality. However, the association between anxiety and complications has not been examined.
RESULTS
Data were analyzed for 424 AMI patients enrolled for MICA (Myocardial Infarotion Complication and Anxiety) project. The mean score of the state anxiety inventory (SAI) measured within 72 hours after admission for the whole sample was 39.14 (+/-12.77) and ranged from 18 to 80. Overall, 161 patients (38.0%) experienced at least one episode of in-hospital complication (i.e. VT, VF, reinfarction, recurrent ischemia or cardiac death). Incidence of in-hospital complications was higher in the high anxiety group than in the low anxiety group (45.4% vs. 31.2%). There were significant differences in the incidence of recurrent ischemia between groups with low level of anxiety and high level of anxiety (27.5% vs. 18.9%). According to the Ward criterion from the logistic regression, anxiety reliably predicted the occurrence of in-hospital complications. Anxiety (odds ratio = 1.75, 95% CI 1.01-3.01, p= 0.04) significantly contributed to the model. Patients who were in the high anxiety group were 1.8 times more likely to have in-hospital complications than those who were in the low anxiety group.
CONCLUSION
AND SUGGESTION: This finding confirms that patients experience significant level of anxiety early after AMI, and this anxiety, after controlling other risk factors for the complications, is a reliable predictor of in-hospital complications.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major cause of death in Korea. Delay in seeking treatment may cause unnecessary exacerbation of the disease and early mortality from AMI. Patients' recognition of symptoms of an AMI and response to those symptoms may influence the delay time. Bystanders' role in patients' seeking treatment after AMI has not been studied in previous research. Understanding reasons for delay in seeking treatment is important in developing interventions for reducing these delays and increasing survival rate from AMI. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: A retrospective survey was conducted with 144 AMI patients to: (1) investigate time from symptom onset to arrival at the first hospital for treatment of AMI; (2) describe patient's and bystander's response to the patient's symptoms; (3)examine whether patient's and bystander's responses affect delay time.
RESULTS
The mean of overall pre-hospital delay time was 13.64 (21.86) hours and it consisted of patients' delay of 13.64 (22.32) hours and transportation time of 24.86 (19.41) minutes. People living in rural area delayed longer than people living in urban area. Pre-hospital delay time was associated with the bystander: patients delayed longer when they were with their spouse, family and friends than when with colleagues at work. Calling 119 saved transportation time, but did not reduce overall pre-hospital delay time.
CONCLUSION
AND SUGGESTIONS: Patients delay longer than the time window for a successful reperfusion therapy when they experience symptoms of AMI; and calling 119 does not diminish this delay. Bystanders' adequate response to the patients' symptom may reduce the delay time in seeking treatment. Findings from this study may suggest that health education and public campaigns are needed to increase people's recognition of symptoms of an AMI and to promote adequate response from bystanders to the AMI symptoms. In addition, public campaigns urging car operators to yield to the emergency vehicle are needed in order to reduce transportation time.

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cardiac rehabilitation teaching program on knowledge level and compliance of health behavior for the patients with myocardial infarction.
METHOD
The subjects were 47 patients 23 were assigned to the experimental group and 24 were for the control. The cardiac rehabilitation teaching program is a individualized teaching program which was delivered to the experimental group during hospitalization period by present researcher. Data were collected through questionnaire surveys for knowledge level and compliance of health behavior from September 15, 1999 to December 31, 2000. The collected data was analyzed by using the SAS program.
RESULTS
1. With regard to the knowledge scores 1) The total knowledge level in the experimental group was significantly higher than in the control group. 2) As to the knowledge domains, nature of disease, risk factors, diet, medication, exercise, and daily activities were significantly higher in score in the experimental group than in the control group. 2. With regard to the compliance of health behavior 1) The average compliance with good health behavior was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. 2) As to the health behavior domains smoking cessation, diet, stress management, regular exercise, and other measures for lifestyle modification were significantly higher in score in the experimental group than in the control group. 3. The pre-treatment knowledge score was positively correlated to the post-treatment knowledge score and post-treatment knowledge score was positively correlated to the post-treatment compliance of health behaviors.
CONCLUSION
The above findings indicate that the cardiac rehabilitation teaching program for the experimental group was effective in increasing level of knowledge and improvement f compliance with good health behavior of patients with myocardial infarction.

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RESULTS
The mean of overall pre-hospital delay time was 17.42 (+/-24.03) hours and it was consisted of patients' delay, 17.07(+/-24.45), and transportation time, .84 (+/-2.34). None of socio-demographic variables such as age, sex, marital status, monthly income, education, and living environment was associated with either the patients' delay or the overall delay time. Living rural area (F=4.483, p=.016), having previous MI (F=35.252, p=.000), and other heart disease (F=69.435, p=.000) decreased transportation time; having previous heart disease decreased overall pre-hospital delay(F=4.489, p=.039); and having angina (F=92.907, p=.000) and CAD (F=9.724, p=.003) increased transportation time. Place of symptom attack, bystander, whether patients or bystander called 119, modes of transportation, intensity of pain, presence of typical chest pain and anxiety perceived by patients were not associated with any of delay times. No significant differences appeared between the group who called 119 and the group who did not in any of delay times.
CONCLUSION
AND SUGGESTIONS: Although number of patients who arrive at the hospital early enough for treatment tend to be increasing, considerable number of patients still delayed longer than desired when they experienced symptoms of AMI, and calling 119 did not diminish this delay because patients delayed mostly before they decided to call. Living urban area, having previous MI, and heart disease decreased transportation time whereas having previous heart disease decreased the overall pre-hospital delay time and having previous angina and CAD increased transportation time. Further studies to identify reasons for real late arrivals as well as public campaigns to reduce delay time in treatment are needed.

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