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    The Impact of the National Heart Foundation's Warning Signs Campaign on Health-Seeking Behaviour in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

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    Authors
    Bray, Janet
    Nehme, Ziad
    Finn, Judith
    Smith, Karen
    Lim, Michael
    Bladin, Christopher
    Stub, Dion
    Cameron, Peter
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Bray, J. and Nehme, Z. and Finn, J. and Smith, K. and Lim, M. and Bladin, C. and Stub, D. et al. 2018. The Impact of the National Heart Foundation's Warning Signs Campaign on Health-Seeking Behaviour in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients, in Abstracts From the American Heart Association's 2018 Resuscitation Science Symposium, Poster presentation: Session Title: Epidemiology 1. Circulation. 138 (S2): A304.
    Source Title
    Circulation
    DOI
    10.1161/circ.138.suppl_2.304
    Additional URLs
    https://www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/138/Suppl_2
    ISSN
    0009-7322
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
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    © 2018 by American Heart Association, Inc.

    Poster Abstract Presentations

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80340
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    Introduction: Improving acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patient’s recognition and response to symptoms is key to reducing prehospital deaths. Between 2009 and 2013, the Heart Foundation of Australia ran paid mass media campaigns to improve Australians awareness of ACS symptoms and to call emergency medical services (EMS) if symptoms were experienced. This study aimed to examine the impact of this campaign on EMS use and referrals from general practitioners (GPs) in emergency department (ED) presentations in Victoria (Australia). Methods: The Department of Health and Human Services provided data from 39 public EDs contributing data to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset between 2003 and 2015. We included admissions diagnosed with ACS in the dataset, and excluded presentations from aged-care facilities and inter-hospital transfers. We used logistic regression to examine the association between the campaign period and 1) EMS use and 2) patients referred to ED by GPs. Models were adjusted for the increasing population size and known predictors available in the dataset (age, sex, preferred language of English, resident of major city and presentation in winter). Results: Over the study period, there were 127,176 eligible ACS presentations (66,555 acute myocardial infarctions): 64% were male, 58% were aged over 64 years, 70% were a resident of a major city and in 90% English was their preferred language. Overall, 62% of ACS patients arrived by EMS and 8% presented via GPs. After adjusting for confounders, a significant increase in EMS use was seen during the period of campaign activity in ACS patients: adjusted odds ratio (AOR) =1.05 (95% CI:1.02-1.09, p=0.003). While, ACS ED presentations via GPs were seen to decrease (AOR=0.89, 95%CI:0.84-0.95, p<0.001). Patients presenting via their GP were less likely to arrive by EMS (42% vs. 64%, p<0.001). Conclusion: The Warning Signs Campaign was associated with an increase in EMS use and a decrease in ED presentations via GPs in ACS patients. Our study supports the use of public campaigns to change health seeking-behaviour for ACS. Future interventions need to focus on improving EMS use in patients presenting to GPs.

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