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卫生保健提供者和社区利益相关者对在尼泊尔使用无人机进行结核病诊断的看法:一项探索性定性研究
Kritika Dixit1,2,3,4, Bhola Rai5, Govind Majhi5
1Department of Global Public Health, WHO Collaborating Center on Tuberculosis and Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Kritika.dixit@ki.se.
BMC health services research
|December 5, 2024
概括
无人机技术通过提高样本运输和医疗保健的可访问性,显著改善了尼泊尔农村的结核病诊断. 利益相关者报告了对更广泛应用的高度信任和需求,强调无人机是远程医疗服务的关键工具.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗卫生技术 技术 技术
- 医疗保健中的物流.
背景情况:
- 尼泊尔农村地区的结核病诊断受到基础设施不佳和实验室访问限制的阻碍.
- 实施了一种无人机运输系统,为GeneXpert MTB/RIF测试提供唾液样本.
- 这项研究评估了社区对无人机用于结核病诊断的看法.
研究的目的:
- 探索利益相关者对尼泊尔农村结核病诊断无人机技术的看法.
- 评估无人机实施对医疗保健可访问性和效率的影响.
- 识别在医疗保健中可持续使用无人机的促进者和障碍者.
主要方法:
- 焦点小组讨论于2019年12月与40名参与者 (卫生志愿者,社区利益相关者,医疗保健提供者) 在有无人机计划和没有无人机计划的地区进行.
- 使用半结构化问题,讨论被录音,转录和翻译.
- 使用社会生态模型 (个人,社区,卫生系统) 进行了主题分析.
主要成果:
- 对无人机的信任对于成功实施结核病诊断至关重要.
- 无人机运输优化了患者和提供者的连接和可访问性,降低了成本和时间.
- 无人机为社区技能发展 (飞行员) 和扩大卫生系统服务 (药品运输) 提供了机会.
- 恶劣的天气,资源限制和熟练人员短缺被确定为挑战.
结论:
- 卫生保健提供者,志愿者和社区成员报告了对无人机在结核病诊断和护理方面的高度信任和感知好处.
- 对于将无人机使用扩展到其他医疗保健服务和更广泛的地理区域有很大的需求.
- 无人机显示出潜力,成为改善偏远地区获得医疗保健的有价值工具.
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