BMC Neurol: Will Chinese adults call an ambulance in time after stroke?

As healthy behaviors change with age, the study looked at the potential barriers to emergency medical services (EMS) in adults aged 40-74 and 75-99 who realized after a strokedata are derived from a community-based cross-sectional study (FAST-RIGHT) conducted from January 2017 to May 2017, involving adults in 69 administrative areas in China (age of 40 years)The subgroup of residents (153675) who identified symptoms of stroke was analyzedIn the 40-74 and 75-99 age groups, a multivariate logistic regression model was carried out to determine the factors associated with waiting behavior at the onset of strokeresults showed that in the 40-74 and 75-99 age groups, the proportion of subjects who chose 'self-observation at home' was 3.0 per cent (3912) and 3.5 per cent (738), respectively, and 31.7 per cent (42071 people) and 33.1 per cent (6957), respectively, who chose 'wait for family and then went to the hospital'In both groups, rural household registration, living with a spouse, low income (annual income of $731), single access to stroke, stroke friends, etcwere related factors related to waiting for familyHowever, unlike the 40-74 age group, gender, number of children, family history and stroke history did not affect stroke in the 75-99 age groupin general, in this particular group, the 40-74 and 75-99 age groups have different barriers to identifying strokes and calling emergency vehiclesDifferent strategies for these two age groups are recommended, mainly to change the 'waiting for family' behaviour, with emphasis on calling emergency vehicles immediately