结核病医疗保健工作者对数字坚持技术的感知,接受度和挑战
I Gordon1, B Odume1, C Ogbudebe1
1KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
Public health action
|July 3, 2024
概括
数字坚持技术 (DATs) 显示出改善结核病 (TB) 治疗坚持的希望. 医疗保健工作者 (HCW) 发现DAT对于患者的支持是可以接受和有益的,尽管存在一些技术上的挑战.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
- 传染病管理 传染病管理
背景情况:
- 结核病 (TB) 治疗的成功取决于患者的高度坚持治疗,这在直接观察治疗 (DOT) 时通常是不理想的.
- 数字坚持技术 (DATs) 为增强药物坚持和改善治疗结果提供了一个有希望的替代方案.
- 本研究调查了医疗保健工作者 (HCWs) 与在结核病护理中实施DAT相关的认知,接受和挑战.
研究的目的:
- 探索HCW对结核病治疗中的数字依附技术 (DAT) 的看法.
- 评估尼日利亚HCW中DAT的可接受性和可用性.
- 确定医疗保健工作者在使用DAT用于结核病患者管理时所面临的挑战.
主要方法:
- 在尼日利亚的八个州进行了一项描述性的横截面研究.
- 从参与结核病治疗的医疗保健工作者收集数据,使用开放式问卷.
- 分析使用IBM SPSS v25.25进行.
主要成果:
- 显著多数HCW (95.8%) 认为DAT提高了他们支持和咨询结核病患者的能力.
- 所有接受调查的医疗保健工作者都会推DAT,并发现它们很容易向患者解释.
- 遇到的挑战包括不良的网络连接 (37.5%) 和电源故障 (4.2%),偶尔会限制DAT使用.
结论:
- DAT使医疗保健工作者能够实时跟踪患者的坚持,从而有可能减少治疗流失.
- DAT被认为是DOT的可行替代品,支持HCW提供最佳护理.
- 实施DAT可以通过改善患者管理和结果,为实现全球结核病终结目标做出贡献.
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