Table 3. Patient reported thoughts related to care seeking according to median duration of acute pre-hospital delay.

	Extent of Delay
	<5.3 hrs	≥5.3 hrs
Patient Reported Thoughts	%	%	P value
Didn't think symptoms were heart Related	12.6	20.3	<0.001
Symptoms weren& apos;t that severe at first	48.1	41.3	<0.05
Didn't think symptoms were serious	31.5	32.9	0.58
Thought they could treat themselves	13.5	13.9	0.86
Do not like going to hospitals	23.7	26.5	0.26
Didn't want to bother their doctor	3.5	6.1	<0.05
Didn't want to bother or worry family	11.2	14.8	0.05
Were embarrassed to call an ambulance	2.7	4.6	0.07
Didn't have health insurance	1.3	2.1	0.27
Were concerned about cost of hospital visit	2.7	4.1	0.16
Were worried about missing work	1.9	3.9	<0.05
Had difficulty contacting provider	1.3	3.9	<0.01
Had medical appointment in a couple days	8.8	11.0	0.19

^*chi square tests were used to examine differences in the frequency of these categorical variables between the 2 comparison groups.