| Summary: | Background Stroke severely influences the quality of human life, and imposes a great burden on the society, patients and their families. Although China has vigorously promoted the prevention and treatment of stroke, the prevalence of pre-hospital delay in stroke patients is still relatively high. The stroke pre-hospital delay behavioral intention may predict the possibility of stroke pre-hospital delay to some extent, but theassociated factors have rarely been studied. Objective To investigate the stroke pre-hospital delay behavioral intention and associated factors in residents. Methods Convenience sampling was used to select 645 Guangdong residents as the participants from July to September 2021. The Demographic Information Questionnaire developed by us, Chinese version of Ten-Item Personality Inventory, Chinese version of Perceived Social Support Scale, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Stroke Pre-Hospital Delay Behavior Intention scale (SPDBI) were used in a survey for understanding the participants' personality characteristics, social support, coping styles and stroke pre-hospital delay behavioral intention. Multiple linear regression was used to explore the influential factors of stroke pre-hospital delayed behavioral intention. Results A total of 645 valid questionnaires were collected (92.1%) . Of the 645 respondents, 312 (48.4%) knew nothing about stroke, and 262 (40.6%) had heard of the formula "stroke 120". The stroke pre-hospital delay behavior intention of the participants was in the intermediate level〔mean SPDBI score (71.3±18.7) 〕. Compared with the Chinese norm, these respondents had higher mean dimension score of warning of stroke symptoms, but lower mean total score of SPDBI, and lower mean scores of four dimensions (rationalization of non-healthcare seeking behavior, symptom attribution, habitual response style, emergency system use) (P<0.001) . Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that age, living with a spouse, awareness level of the "stroke 120" mantra (through assessing symptoms to early identify stroke) , extraversion, emotional stability, social support and negative response were associated with stroke pre-hospital delay behavior intention (P<0.05) . Conclusion The Guangdong residents had relatively poor level of stroke pre-hospital delay behavioral intention, and insufficient cognition of stroke symptoms. The community should strengthen the education of "stroke 120", and use personalized and diversified stroke education patterns according to individualized features of residents, so as to effectively improve their stroke pre-hospital delay behavior intention and reduce the stroke pre-hospital delay rate.
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