Women's Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Perception, Attribution, and Care Seeking: A Qualitative Multiple
Women often struggle to recognize prodromal myocardial infarction (MI) symptoms due to a lack of knowledge and use emotion-based strategies when seeking care. Interventions are needed to improve symptom recognition and facilitate timely care-seeking for heart attack symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Most women experience prodromal myocardial infarction (MI) symptoms.
- Limited information exists on women's perception, attribution, and care-seeking behaviors for these symptoms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe women's perceptions, attributions, and care-seeking behaviors related to prodromal MI symptoms.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative, multiple case study approach.
- Data collected via interviews, journals, and electronic health records.
- Inductive, comparative analysis applied.
Main Results:
- Ten women (ages 42-84) participated.
- Women reported uncertainty and used emotion- and avoidance-based strategies.
- Lack of knowledge about prodromal MI symptoms and difficulty attributing symptoms to heart disease.
Conclusions:
- Findings support interventions to improve recognition of prodromal MI symptoms.
- Interventions should facilitate women's care-seeking behaviors.
- Further research needed on diverse sociocultural backgrounds.
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