A Qualitative Study of Delays in Hospital Admission in Patient With Acute Stroke

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Ischemic Stroke

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00694395

95013

Details and patient eligibility

About

To identify the circumstance during decision making processes to seek medical help in patients with symptoms of acute ischemic stroke.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with confirmed acute ischemic stroke by brain image and were able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.

Exclusion criteria

• patients who had cerebral hemorrhage, aphasia, cognitive dysfunction or severe stroke with unstable vital sign.