患者导航计划对肯尼亚癌症治疗的影响
Shahid Umar1, Andriy Chybisov1, Erica Krisel1
1American Cancer Society, Inc, Atlanta, GA.
JCO global oncology
|April 28, 2025
概括
患者导航计划通过提高患者的理解和满意度,改善了低收入和中等收入国家的癌症护理. 这些计划帮助患者克服物流障碍,确保及时和协调的癌症治疗.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 患者导航 (PN) 对于克服美国癌症护理障碍至关重要.
- 在低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 中,PN的有效性尚未得到充分研究.
- 肯雅塔国家医院 (KNH) 患者导航计划 (PNP) 提供了一个案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估KNH PNP的有效性.
- 在LMIC环境中评估PN对患者报告结果 (PRO) 的影响.
- 为了解全球癌症患者支持做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 重复的横截面调查设计与1,126名成年癌症患者.
- 2018年,2019年和2022年收集的数据.
- 来自患者,护理人员和项目工作人员的定性数据.
主要成果:
- 增加的导航遭遇与患者更好地理解诊断,治疗持续时间和满意度相关.
- 与2018年相比,在2019年和2022年,在获得设施导航帮助的患者中出现了显著的改善.
- 与2018年相比,2019年观察到治疗延迟的可能性减少.
结论:
- 在LMICs中,PNP可以有效且互补.
- 这项研究增加了对LMIC癌症PNP的PROs的有限证据.
- 支持PN的扩展,以改善全球癌症护理.
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