Objective To investigate the effect of prehospital transport mode on delay care in patients withacutestroke.Methods From March 2016 to August 2016,a total of 255 consecutive patients with acute stroke who met the inclusion criteria in Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University were analyzed prospectively. Seven patients were excluded because of incomplete data. A total of 248 valid cases were enrolled. They were divided into either an ambulance transport group (n=88)or a non-ambulance transport group (n=160)according to whether they were transported by ambulance or not. The differences of the baseline data,prehospital status,onset-to-door time,door-to-examination time,door-to-CT scan time,door-to-intravenous thrombolysis time of the 2 groups were compared,and the related factors of ambulance use were analyzed in patients with acute stroke. Results (1)The ambulance utilization rate of 248 patients was 35. 5%. The age,the coronary heart disease rate,National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)score of the patients in the ambulance transport group were higher than those of the non-ambulance transport group. There were significant differences between the two groups (65 ± 11 vs. 61 ± 11 years,15. 9%[14/88]vs. 5. 6%[9/160],9 [3,17]vs. 2 [1,5];all P <0. 05). The stroke rate of the patients in the ambulance transport group was lower than that of the non-ambulance transport group(23. 9%[21/88]vs. 37. 5%[60/160],P<0. 05). (2)There were significant differences in self-identified acute disease and self-health care consciousness between the ambulance transport group and the non-ambulance transport group (all P<0. 01). (3)Compared with the non-ambulance transport group,the onset-to-door time,door-to-examination time,door-to-CT scan time,door-to-intravenous thrombolysis time were shorter in patients of the ambulance transport group (102[64,150]min vs. 136[86,230]min,3[1,8]min vs. 7[4,11]min, 15[18,23]min vs. 16[22,27]min,and 41 ± 9 min vs. 50 ± 10 min;all P <0. 05). (4)The result of Logistic regression analysis showed that the acute stroke patients with advanced age (OR,1. 04,95%CI 1. 01-1. 08,P =0. 01),higher NIHSS score (OR,1. 13,95%CI 1. 08-1. 19,P <0. 01),they or the insiders thought that the disease was emergent (OR,17. 08,95%CI 5. 78-50. 41,P<0. 01),they would seek medical advice in time when they felt sick (OR,38. 13,95%CI 10. 13-143. 61,P<0. 01),and they would take medicine by themselves when they felt sick (OR,6. 82,95%CI 2. 33-19. 99,P<0. 01)were more likely to be transported to hospital by ambulance.Conclusion Using ambulance can reduce the treatment de-lay for patients with acute stroke. The patients with self-health care consciousness are more likely to choose am-bulance transport. The importance of using ambulance should be strengthened for patients with stroke.