. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2011 Jun 1;10(2):99–103. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318223e375

Table II.

Responses to vignette questions regarding a patient with chest pain and heart attack and help-seeking behaviour

	Female (n = 49)	Male (n = 41)	p-value^*
Vignette 1 “Typical chest pain”
What would the man do in this situation?
Seek help (n, %)	43 (87.8)	25 (61.0)	0.006
If the person were a woman would they be less likely to seek help?
Yes (n, %)	30 (61.2)	17 (41.5)	0.09
Vignette 2 “Typical heart attack”
What would the man do in this situation?
Seek help (n, %)	47 (95.9)	40 (97.6)	1.00
If the person were a woman would they be less likely to seek help?
Yes (n, %)	4 (8.2)	1 (2.4)	0.371

Fisher exact test was used.