在马来西亚的全科医生中,知识是管理COVID-19准备的预测因素
Khasnur Abd Malek1, Farnaza Ariffin1, Sri Wahyu Taher2
1Primary Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, MYS.
Cureus
|July 26, 2024
概括
马来西亚的全科医生表现出良好的COVID-19知识,但准备能力较低. 提高全科医生知识对于更好地管理未来的流行病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病管理 传染病管理
- 初级保健研究研究初级保健研究
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,一般医生 (GPs) 在社区护理中对轻度病例进行了快速适应.
- 评估马来西亚全科医生的知识和准备能力对于有效应对疫情至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估马来西亚的全科医生 (GPs) 对于管理COVID-19的知识和准备.
- 在COVID-19大流行背景下,确定全科医生准备的预测因素.
主要方法:
- 在2022年5月至10月期间,在马来西亚的全科医生中进行了一项横向的在线调查.
- 数据收集涉及一个自我管理的问卷评估COVID-19知识和准备,内容由专家验证.
- 采用多重后勤回归分析来确定影响准备能力的因素.
主要成果:
- 在178名参与的全科医生中,大多数 (69.7%) 拥有良好的COVID-19知识,而只有33.7%报告了良好的准备.
- 拥有强大的知识基础的全科医生更有可能 (OR = 2.11) 准备好管理COVID-19.
- 关键的人口统计和实践特征包括平均年龄为41.8岁,54.5%的男性,47.8%的男性拥有研究生资格.
结论:
- 对COVID-19的良好了解是全科医生准备的重要预测因素.
- 提高全科医生知识的有针对性的干预措施对于提高医生应对未来流行病的准备能力至关重要.
- 加强初级保健能力对于具有弹性公共卫生系统至关重要.
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