医学专业人员在治疗后的莱姆病失效
Alison W Rebman1, Ting Yang2, John N Aucott2
1Lyme Disease Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. arebman1@jhmi.edu.
Scientific reports
|August 21, 2024
概括
治疗后患有莱姆病 (PTLD) 的患者经历了失效,这会使症状恶化并降低生活质量. 年龄较大和男性性别与较少的失效率有关,这表明改善临床沟通可以帮助PTLD患者.
科学领域:
- 医学社会学 医学社会学
- 患者体验 患者体验
- 莱姆病研究 莱姆病研究
背景情况:
- 治疗后莱姆病 (PTLD) 患者报告了负面的护理经历和医疗保健提供者的无效.
- 失效和PTLD疾病严重程度之间的联系,以及失效的风险因素,仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究疾病失效和症状严重程度,生活质量和对PTLD患者的医生信任之间的相关性.
- 确定与PTLD无效相关的人口和临床因素.
主要方法:
- 80名符合严格PTLD标准的患者的横截面研究.
- 使用了疾病无效化清单,症状严重程度测量,生活质量评估和医生信任量表.
- 使用未调整和多变量调整的线性回归模型来分析关系.
主要成果:
- 疾病无效化目录的"缺乏理解"和"折扣"分量较高的得分与症状严重程度的增加,生活质量的降低和医生信任的降低有关.
- 在调整后的模型中,较高的年龄和男性性别与减少的残疾相关.
- 接受替代诊断调解了性别和失效之间的关系.
结论:
- 无效化显著影响PTLD患者的疾病负担和生活质量.
- 旨在减少残疾的临床策略可能会改善患者的治疗结果.
- 老年患者和男性的失效率较低,可能与接受替代诊断有关.
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