WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Asri Kusyani* Tita Hariyanti and Tony Suharsono

ABSTRACT

Patients who experience signs and symptoms of stroke often occur delay to come to the hospital, the stroke has a time limit to get immediate help, the delays to take stroke patients to the hospital resulting in disability and paralysis. The purpose of this research was to determine the influence decision-making and health assistance to the long search arrival time ischemic stroke patients come into the ER, This research is a quantitative research design used is analytic with approach. Cross-sectional Sampling technique used is purposive sampling on families of stroke patients with the number of 60 respondents. The research location in the Regional General Hospital Jombang Indonesia. Data were analyzed using Spearman rank, test bivariate Spearman Rank decision is obtained (p = 0.000), medical assistance obtained search results (p = 0.000). The decision-making most of the respondents had to wait for another family to seek medical help so that the search was delayed medical assistance, medical assistance showed most respondents came to a public hospital after first faskes to advance. The conclusion of this research is a significant difference between the decision-making and medical assistance to the length of time the arrival of stroke patients to come to the ER.