ArticleAfrican health sciences2025
Assessment of the complaints and the hospital application of patients with acute coronary syndrome, and the patient's knowledge and behaviors regarding the management of cardiovascular risk factors.
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Background: This research was carried out to determine the complaints and duration of hospital admission of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to evaluate their healthy lifestyle behaviors related to the management of cardiovascular risk factors. Methodology: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of 202 patients diagnosed with ACS from September 2022 to August 2023. Data were collected using the Hospital Admission and Symptom Assessment Survey, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Diagnostic Survey, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (HPLP II), and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors-Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) scale. Results: The median duration of decision-making for admission to the hospital was 40 minutes, and the mean duration until arrival at the hospital was 17.35 ± 9.76 minutes. There was no statistically significant difference between the duration of admission decisions according to the association of cardiac complaints with heart disease (p > 0.05). The CARRF-KL total scale mean score was calculated to be 19.98 ± 4.41, and the HPLP II total scale mean score was 107.69 ± 18.09. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between CARRF-KL total scale and HPLP II total scale scores (r = 0.49, p < 0.05). Conclusion: Although the duration of admission to the hospital for individuals diagnosed with ACS was within the period recommended by the guidelines, it is noteworthy that they did not associate their complaints with heart defects in their decisions to be admitted to the hospital.
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