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Table 2 Knowledge of chest pain as symptom of acute myocardial infarction

From: Cardiac symptom attribution and knowledge of the symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review

Composition of sample, form of question

Number of samples

Number of countries

Participants

Crude mean [%] a

Weighted mean [%] b

Population group, closed-ended

16

14

145,631

83.5

88.2

Cardiac group, closed-ended

4

3

932

79.4

86.2

Population group, open-ended

4

4

7937

76.5

74.3

Cardiac group, open-ended

1

1

251

82.0

82.0

  1. The table depicts the results by comparison of composition of sample and form of question used
  2. amean score in each study depicts the percentage of participants recognizing chest pain as symptom of acute myocardial infarction
  3. bas above; average mean was calculated from means from individual studies weighted by sample size