低收入和中等收入国家对COPD的认识以及对治疗的影响
Deesha Ghorpade1, Sundeep Salvi1,2
1Academic Research, Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation, Pune, India.
Expert review of respiratory medicine
|September 9, 2024
概括
低收入和中等收入国家对慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 的认识令人担忧地低,导致痛苦和死亡增加. 需要采取紧急行动,将COPD纳入国家卫生计划.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 呼吸系统医学 呼吸系统医学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 是全球主要的死亡原因,不成比例地影响低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs).
- 在所有社会层面缺乏意识是导致LMIC中COPD负担不断升级的重要驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 审查一般公众,医疗保健提供者和LMIC政策制定者的COPD意识的当前水平.
- 确定导致COPD意识低的因素及其对疾病管理和健康结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用谷歌学者,PubMed和Scopus进行了全面的文献搜索.
- 选了1990年至2024年3月期间发表的文章,重点关注LMIC中COPD意识和治疗影响.
主要成果:
- 在LMICs的所有研究人口中,对COPD的整体认识非常低.
- 贫困,文盲和文化误解等因素显著阻碍了COPD的识别和管理.
- 意识低导致增加的发病率,死亡率和经济损失,由于不充分的治疗坚持.
结论:
- 迫切需要将COPD提升为LMICs的国家卫生重点.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施来改善公众和专业人士对COPD的理解.
- 加强国家计划对于解决LMIC中严重的COPD负担至关重要.
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