Abstract
Object: Some factors affect hospitalization time in patients with acute cerebral infarctionMethod: Cross-sectional, retrospective descriptive study including 150 patients with acute cerebral infarction treated at the Neurology Center and Stroke Center, Bach Mai Hospital from January 2023 to December 2023.Result: The average hospital admission time was 661.5 minutes (11 hours); Only 26 patients were hospitalized early before 4.5 hours, accounting for 17.3%; Factors affecting the early hospitalization time of patients are high educational level (OR: 2.362; 95% CI [1.002-5.565]), daytime onset time (OR: 3.787; 95% CI [ 0.081-0.996]), having a witness at the time of symptom onset (OR: 5.928; 95% CI [1.336-26.308]), using ambulance transportation (OR: 32.445; 95% CI [9,916-106,223]), history of stroke or TIA (OR: 5.9; 95% CI [1.73-20,121]), recognition of symptoms of stroke (OR: 256.82; 95% CI [31] ,69-2081.44]) and knowledge of fibrinolytic drugs (OR: 83.18; 95% CI [16.81-411.69]); Factors affecting the patient's late hospitalization time include: distance to the hospital >15km (OR: 0.33; 95% CI [0.117-0.931]), admission to a front-line medical facility (OR: : 0.165; 95% CI [0.054-0.507]).Conclusion: Factors affecting the patient's early hospitalization time include: high educational level, time of illness onset during the day, presence of witnesses at the time of symptom onset, use of public transport ambulance, history of stroke or TIA, recognition of stroke symptoms and knowledge of thrombolytic drugs.