Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40223117›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2025

Determinants of the time period from stroke onset to arrival at the emergency department: a GIS integrated hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Shashank Kaggere Srinivasa, Madhu Basavegowda, Sulochanadevi B Chakrashali, Suraj B Manjunath, Mounika Sree Manivasagan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shashank Kaggere SrinivasaSchool of Public Health, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Madhu BasavegowdaDepartment of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India. madhub@jssuni.edu.in.
Sulochanadevi B ChakrashaliSchool of Public Health, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Suraj B ManjunathDepartment of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Mounika Sree ManivasaganDepartment of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stroke is a serious public health problem in developing countries like India, leading to rising deaths and disability-adjusted life years related to stroke. Pre-hospital delay is a major concern in most acute stroke cases, affecting timely interventions and treatment outcomes. Hence the current study aimed to identify the factors influencing the time from stroke onset to arrival at the emergency department and to map the spatial distribution of stroke cases from the tertiary care hospital. We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional study among stroke patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Mysuru. Data on sociodemographic, clinical, and pre-hospital factors, along with detailed addresses of the place of stroke onset, first and second consultation, and their proximal first referral units were collected. GIS mapping was done using the software ArcGIS v10.8.2, and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v25. Most of the study participants were men, over 60 years of age, and residents from rural areas of Mysuru and its neighboring districts. The study found that only 25% of the stroke cases arrived within 4.5 h of symptom onset, with hemiparesis and slurred speech being the most common presenting complaints. Almost all the cases were within a 20 km radius of the first referral units with factors such as age group (p = 0.028), diabetes as a comorbid condition (p = 0.007), the decision taken for symptom onset (p < 0.01), the person involved in decision-making (p = 0.006), and the mode of arrival at the hospital (p = 0.004) being significantly associated with the duration from stroke onset to arrival at the hospital. This highlights the need for public awareness campaigns on stroke symptoms, the importance of early hospital presentation following stroke onset, and the capacity building of first referral units to provide timely emergency stroke care for people residing in rural areas.

Indexed as

Emergency Service, HospitalStrokeTime-to-TreatmentAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGeographic Information SystemsHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedTime FactorsGeographic information systemRural health servicesStrokeTime-to-TreatmentTreatment delay

Identifiers

PMID40223117
PMCPMC11994803

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.