坦桑尼亚的手机支持诊断的现状和未来前景
Ndyetabura O Theonest1, Kennedy Ngowi1, Elizabeth R Kussaga1
1Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania.
PLOS digital health
|August 9, 2024
概括
尽管智能手机拥有广泛,但坦桑尼亚医疗保健专业人员对手机支持诊断的认识很低. 针对性培训对于有效实施这些创新的诊断工具至关重要.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 医学诊断 医学诊断 医学诊断
- 在LMICs的公共卫生.
背景情况:
- 在低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 中, Point of Care (POC) 诊断至关重要,但往往是集中和昂贵的.
- 智能手机连接的POC测试提供了一个可扩展的解决方案,以弥合偏远地区的诊断差距.
- 坦桑尼亚准备采用移动健康诊断,但医疗保健专业人员的准备不足.
研究的目的:
- 调查坦桑尼亚兽医和医疗专业人员的意识,数字素养和普遍的健康状况.
- 为坦桑尼亚开发和实施支持手机的诊断工具提供信息.
- 评估在该国医疗保健部门采用数字健康创新的潜力.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及坦桑尼亚六个地区305名参与者的调查.
- 通过半结构化问卷,深度访谈和重点小组讨论收集数据.
- 在收集数据之前获得了知情同意.
主要成果:
- 只有48.2%的参与者表现出对手机支持诊断的重大认识.
- 虽然97.4%的人拥有智能手机,但62%的人没有将其用于医疗服务,包括诊断.
- 诊断的优先疾病有所不同:疟疾,尿路感染,艾滋病毒,糖尿病 (医疗) 与乳头病,炭,纽卡斯尔病,狂犬病 (兽医).
结论:
- 由于意识低,政策缺乏和连接问题,广泛的智能手机所有权并没有转化为用于医疗保健诊断的利用.
- 大多数专业人士拥有数字素养,并准备好采用数字健康创新.
- 有效实施需要有针对性的培训和政策支持,以利用移动诊断来改善医疗保健结果.
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