在注射药物使用相关内心炎住院患者中,注射器服务计划的前景:一种定性研究
Bailey McInnes1, Eunice A Okumu1, Maisun M Ansary2
1Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Therapeutic advances in infectious disease
|July 15, 2025
概括
被感染性内心炎 (IE) 住院的注射药物使用者 (PWID) 面临着进入危害减轻服务的障碍. 地理局限性和对使药物使用成为可能的担忧影响了服务利用率,突出了需要更好的整合和教育的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 在注射药物使用者 (PWID) 中,传染性内心炎 (IE) 的发病率正在上升.
- 减少危害的策略对于改善健康结果和减轻PWID中的IE至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估与IE住院的PWID之间关于注射器服务计划 (SSP) 减少伤害服务的知识,感知,过去的使用和未来的意图.
主要方法:
- 一项定性研究涉及半结构面试,对16名住院患有IE的PWID进行了半结构面试.
- 采访于2021年6月至2022年5月期间进行,并根据主题进行分析.
主要成果:
- 大多数参与者以前曾使用SSP进行安全注射供应和过量预防.
- 进入SSP的障碍包括农村,缺乏可用性和运输问题.
- 一些参与者在住院期间对SSP服务表示不感兴趣,因为他们担心退院后会复发或感觉不相关.
结论:
- 地理上的可及性和患者对复发的担忧影响了对减少伤害服务的使用.
- 卫生系统可以通过改善患者教育和将这些服务整合到护理途径中来提高减少伤害服务的采用率.
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