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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARRIVAL TIME OF POST ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE ATTACK TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND THE OUTCOME OF THE ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE PATIENTS
Rasdiyanah Muhlis*, Sri Andarini, Tina Handayani Nasution
ABSTRACT
Background: The success of action and improvement of outcome on stroke depends very much to the promptness of patients being brought to the emergency installation; however most of the acute ischaemic stroke patients come late to the emergency installation. Objective: The research aims to find out the relationship between the arrival time of the post-acute ischaemic stroke attack patients and the outcome of the acute ischaemic stroke patients in Type C Hospital in Malang. Methods: Analytic observational design with cross-sectional approach was utilized. The samples were 104 Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in the Emergency Installation selected by total sampling technique. The statistical tests used Spearman rank correlation test with significant level (?) = 0.05. The study was conducted in 4 Type C hospitals in Malang, Indonesia. Results: Spearman correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between arrival time of post-acute ischaemic stroke attack in the Emergency Installation (p=0.027) and the outcome of acute ischaemic stroke patients with the correlation coefficient (r) = 0,217. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the arrival time of post-acute ischaemic stroke attack patients in the emergency installation and the outcome of the acute ischaemic stroke patients in Type C Hospitals in Malang.
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