西澳大利亚远程航空医疗物质使用障碍结果
Nicholas Faint1, Mathew Coleman1,2,3, Breeanna Spring4,5
1Great Southern Mental Health Service, Western Australia Country Health Service, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Internal medicine journal
|May 31, 2023
概括
与大都市患者相比,患有需要空中医疗检索的物质使用障碍 (SUD) 的澳大利亚地区居民更有可能是土著,失业男性,并经历了较长的住院时间. 服务提供需要文化安全的护理和综合方法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 药物使用障碍 (SUD) 不成比例地影响澳大利亚地区,他们面临着获得酒精和其他毒品 (AOD) 治疗的重大障碍.
- 航空医疗检索对偏远人口来说是一个关键的服务,但对SUD患者的人口统计和结果数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 描述来自西澳大利亚地区SUDs的航空医学检索患者的人口统计.
- 为了比较这些区域患者的医院结果与匹配的大都会队列.
主要方法:
- 追溯病例控制的队列研究.
- 对西澳大利亚SUD的航空医学检索数据的分析 (2014年7月~2019年6月).
- 根据年龄和诊断进行病例匹配,使用描述性统计和千二分析.
主要成果:
- 通过空中医疗检索的患者 (n=136) 主要是男性 (69.9%) ,更有可能是土著 (OR 9.35),失业 (OR 2.9),转诊到第三级护理 (OR 2.18),并且住院时间较长 (OR 1.08) 比匹配的大都市对照 (n=427).
- 胺类型的兴奋剂在恢复队列中占据了突出地位.
- 检索模式的区域差异被观察到.
结论:
- 未婚/失业的男性,特别是土著人,在SUD的空中医疗检索中占比过高.
- 医疗保健服务必须优先考虑土著居民的文化安全护理,以及区域患者的综合性AOD/心理健康服务.
- 服务设计应满足区域医疗保健的需求,并促进协作治疗方法.
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