Delay in seeking medical attention in patients with ischemic stroke：a concept analysis

    LEI Wanying，GUO Lina，PAN LanxiaSchool of Nursing，Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine，Henan 450046 ChinaCorresponding Author PAN Lanxia，E-mail：panlanx@163.com

    Abstract Objective：To define the concept of delay in seeking medical attention for ischemic stroke.Methods：The literature related to delayed in seeking medical attention for ischemic stroke patients was retrieved from CNKI，VIP，WanFang Database，Web of Science，PubMed，the retrieval time was from the inception to October 30，2023.The Rodgers evolutionary concept analysis method was used to analyze the literature.Results：8 antecedent variables including remote residence，failure to call emergency ambulance，stroke depression，financial constraints，early postoperative period，symptom recognition and severity judgment，racial differences，and living alone and 3 attributes including severe decision-making delay，not easy to identify，and strong sense of disease stigma were summarized.Conclusion：Deepening the analysis of the concept of delayed in seeking medical attention in ischemic stroke not only improves the science and comprehensiveness of the measurement scale prepared by medical workers ......