非专业人士对常见的医学缩写词的 (错误) 理解
Corinne Praska1, Michael B Pitt2,3, Jordan Marmet2,3
1University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hospital pediatrics
|September 25, 2023
概括
许多常见的医学缩写词被公众所理解得很差. 这项研究强调了医疗保健提供者需要避免使用急诊部 (ED) 和初级保健提供者 (PCP) 等缩写来改善患者的理解.
科学领域:
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 患者安全 患者安全
背景情况:
- 医学缩写在临床实践中经常使用.
- 患者和家人对这些缩写的理解往往是有限的,导致潜在的混乱和错误沟通.
研究的目的:
- 评估公众对常用的医学缩写词的理解程度.
- 确定影响医疗缩写理解的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究调查了204名在州博览会上没有医学培训的英语成年人.
- 参与者被要求定义五个常见的医学缩写:ED,PCP,CBC,PRN和NPO.
- 用描述性统计和后勤回归分析了回应,以确定与人口统计因素的关联.
主要成果:
- 根据缩写词的理解有很大差异,只有32%正确地定义了急诊室 (ED),18%正确地定义了初级保健提供者 (PCP).
- 完全血清 (CBC),根据需要 (PRN) 和没有口服 (NPO) 分别被14%和13%的参与者理解.
- 女性性别与更好地理解NPO有关,而年龄较大与更好地理解PRN有关. 教育水平与理解没有相关性.
结论:
- 医疗缩写词代表了有效的患者-提供者沟通的重大障碍.
- 低理解率强调了临床医生在与患者及其家人沟通时需要使用简单的语言并避免术语.
- 简化医学术语可以提高患者对治疗计划的理解和遵守.
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