The impact of personality factors on delay in seeking treatment of acute myocardial infarction

Table 2 Distribution of clinical, psychosocial, and personality background characteristics by time to arrival at hospital

Time to hospital arrival in minutes	Group 1 0-119	Group 2 120-360	Group 3 361-4320	p-value	Adjusted*
n = 323	159	60	104
Age (years)	57.7 ± 8.9	59.8 ± 7.6	58.6 ± 7.6	0.22	0.43
Men	76.7	71.7	69.2	0.17	0.22
Immigrant	18.2	16.7	16.3	0.68	0.92
Married	74.8	58.3	70.2	0.31	0.40
Education high (university)	13.8	18.3	8.7	0.28	0.29
Previous MI	15.1	13.3	15.4	0.94	0.95
STEMI	37.1	35.0	34.6	0.67	0.71
BMI ≥ 30	24.5	25.0	30.8	0.28	0.32
Current smoker	44.0	43.3	50.0	0.42	0.33
Beck Depression Inventory	7.8 ± 7.4	7.8 ± 6.1	9.5 ± 8.0	0.09	0.08
NEO Personality Inventory
neuroticism	16.9 ± 9.0	17.0 ± 9.5	18.3 ± 9.2	0.26	0.25
extraversion	29.5 ± 6.8	29.2 ± 6.8	29.0 ± 6.6	0.60	0.62
agreeableness	30.5 ± 5.5	30.2 ± 5.5	29.8 ± 5.3	0.37	0.25
openness	27.7 ± 6.6	27.8 ± 6.9	26.8 ± 6.7	0.31	0.28
conscientiousness	34.5 ± 6.2	34.9 ± 6.2	33.9 ± 6.3	0.43	0.29
Coping strategies
confrontive	12.6	8.3	8.7	0.29	0.30
distancing	17.6	11.7	12.5	0.23	0.33
self-controlling	11.3	15.0	14.4	0.44	0.51
seeking social support	8.2	20.0	8.7	0.71	0.86
accepting responsibility	9.4	8.3	9.6	0.98	0.93
escape/avoidance	8.8	10.0	10.6	0.63	0.56
systematic problem solving	17.6	10.0	16.3	0.69	0.79
positive reappraisal	1.9	1.7	2.9	0.61	0.64
no coping strategy	8.2	11.7	12.5	0.25	0.32
altruism	4.4	3.3	3.8	0.80	0.78
used more than one coping strategy	31.4	21.7	26.9	0.37	0.30