在COVID-19大流行期间错过的医疗保健访问:一项纵向研究
Jethel Hernandez1, Stephanie Batio1, Rebecca Mullen Lovett1
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Journal of primary care & community health
|February 24, 2024
概括
患者焦虑,而不是人口统计,与COVID-19大流行期间错过的门诊访问有关. 了解患者的情绪状态是减少医疗缺勤的关键.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 错过的门诊就诊造成了巨大的成本 (在美国每年500亿美元),导致医疗保健效率低下,患者的治疗结果更差.
- COVID-19大流行深刻改变了门诊医疗保健利用模式,需要对预约出席进行检查.
- 了解导致错过预约的因素对于改善医疗保健获取和效率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查COVID-19大流行期间错过的门诊访问的频率.
- 为了确定与不参加医疗预约相关的患者级特征.
主要方法:
- 利用来自芝加哥长度COVID-19并发症 (C3) 研究的数据,分析波段3-8 (2020年5月 - 2022年5月).
- 包括845名英语/西班牙语成年人,至少有一种慢性疾病.
- 通过电话采访收集关于社会人口统计,健康特征,健康素养,患者激活和心理健康症状的数据.
主要成果:
- 报告因COVID-19错过访问的参与者的百分比在研究波中从3.1%到22.4%不等,显示了随着时间的推移的整体下降.
- 错过的访问与参与者的社会人口统计学或健康特征之间没有发现一致的关联.
- 患者报告的焦虑是所有研究浪潮中唯一与错过访问有显著关联的特征.
结论:
- 在整个COVID-19大流行期间,焦虑一直与错过的门诊访问相关,独立于社会人口或健康因素.
- 研究结果强调了解决患者的情绪健康,特别是焦虑的重要性,以减轻医疗缺勤.
- 未来的公共卫生战略应该考虑心理状态,以改善在危机时期的约会遵守.
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