在英国的NHS信托机构提供低视力服务
Charlotte Joy Codina1, Martin Rhodes2
1University of Sheffield, UK.
The British and Irish orthoptic journal
|August 14, 2023
概括
在英国,对于儿童和成年人来说,低视力服务的提供在不同地区有很大差异. 需要进一步的研究,以确保所有患者均可获得这些必要的眼科护理服务.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗保健服务研究
背景情况:
- 低视力服务对于维持视力障碍者生活质量至关重要.
- 了解英国国家卫生服务 (NHS) 中低视力服务的现状,对于识别差距和不平等至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估目前在英国NHS信托机构中为儿童和成年人提供低视力服务的情况.
- 为了确定服务可用性,专业参与和患者人口统计数据的变化,低视力诊所提供服务.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面调查分发给了英国和爱尔兰整形学会 (BIOS) 和眼科诊所联络官 (ECLO) 的成员.
- 该调查针对英国四个国家的所有238个NHS信托/健康委员会,询问其低视力服务的存在,结构和患者群体.
主要成果:
- 达到了49%的响应率,238个信托机构中有117个报告. 其中,94%的人提供了某种形式的信托提供的低视力服务.
- 90%的受访信托机构提供成人服务,而83%的信托机构提供儿童服务,79%的信托机构为两年龄组提供服务.
- 在所有年龄段患者的服务可访问性方面,发现了显著的区域和国家差异.
结论:
- 在英国各地,低视力服务提供有相当大的异质性,一些地区缺乏儿童,成人或两者的基本服务.
- 调查结果强调需要对低视力服务提供进行进一步调查,以解决在获取和资源方面的不平等问题.
- 确保所有个人,无论他们的位置如何,均可获得全面的低视力护理,这是一个关键的公共卫生目标.
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