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The 'Heart Attack Survival Kit' project: an intervention designed to increase seniors' intentions to respond appropriately to symptoms of acute myocardial infarction
- Source :
- Health Education Research. 15:317-326
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2000.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a 'Heart Attack Survival Kit', disseminated via two different delivery methods, designed to increase seniors' intentions to call 911 and take an aspirin in response to a cardiac emergency. Twelve-hundred seniors were randomly assigned to (1) receiving a Kit via a home visit by an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), (2) receiving a Kit via direct mail or (3) a control group. All participants were telephoned and asked how they would respond to a cardiac emergency. Results showed that respondents in the intervention group (EMT and direct mail group combined) reported a greater frequency of the recommended coping response to AMI (39%) than respondents in the control group (10%) (P < 0.000). Within intervention groups, 47% in the EMT group and 30% in the direct mail group (P < 0.000) reported intentions to take the appropriate response to AMI. The results suggest that a Heart Attack Survival Kit, especially when delivered door-to-door by EMTs, can be an effective way of educating seniors about cardiac emergencies.
- Subjects :
- Male
Washington
Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_specialty
Teaching Materials
Direct mail
Myocardial Infarction
Education
law.invention
Randomized controlled trial
law
Odds Ratio
Humans
Medicine
Myocardial infarction
Health Education
Aged
Aspirin
business.industry
Technician
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
Clinical trial
Logistic Models
Physical therapy
Female
Emergencies
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653648
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health Education Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f9795a20e38325af1f6410b0aefb19a1