Choices Regarding Thrombolysis Are Modified by the Way to Transfer the Messages

• Published in: Frontiers in neurology Vol. 8; p. 589
• Main Authors: Gong, Jingjing, Zhang, Yan, Gao, Hongyan, Wei, Wei, Lv, Jing, Liu, Hongyun, Huang, Yonghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 07.11.2017
• Subjects: medical decision-making; Neuroscience; psychosocial intervention; risk communication; statistical modeling; stroke; statistical modeling; psychosocial intervention; stroke; medical decision-making; risk communication

Although thrombolysis is the most effective medical treatment for acute ischemic stroke, many stroke patients eligible for thrombolysis miss this treatment as a result of delay or refusal by the patients and/or their proxies. To explore the influences of prognostic information for different interval...