处方者对处方"绿色"吸入器的态度
Aazaz Rehman1, Joseph Marchant1, Jiakun Yu2
1Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton, GBR.
Cureus
|September 2, 2025
概括
医疗专业人员希望减少排放, 但缺乏吸入器碳足迹的意识. 缺乏知识和信心阻碍了从计量剂量吸入器 (MDIs) 转向低碳干粉吸入器 (DPIs),限制了可持续发展的努力.
科学领域:
- 环境科学
- 医疗保健的可持续性
- 呼吸系统医学
背景情况:
- 医疗保健对全球温室气体 (GHG) 排放做出了重大贡献.
- 计量剂量吸入器 (MDI) 的碳足迹比干粉吸入器 (DPI) 高.
- 尽管有资格,但许多患者仍在使用高碳的MDIs,这表明可持续的处方做法存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 确定二级医疗保健专业人员在将患者从MDI转换为DPI时所面临的障碍.
- 了解医务人员对可持续吸入器处方的看法和经验.
- 评估当前可持续性倡议在促进低碳吸入器选择方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 通过对19名二级保健医师进行半结构面试进行的定性研究.
- 用于确保参与者的不同观点的有目的抽样.
- 使用框架方法和NVivo软件对采访记录进行主题分析.
主要成果:
- 三个主要主题出现:适合吸入器的认识,知识缺口和对处方的影响.
- 医疗保健专业人士表示希望减少医疗保健的碳足迹.
- 对吸入器碳足迹的认识不足和缺乏知识/信心是处方DPI的重要障碍.
结论:
- 目前关于吸入器处方的可持续性倡议没有达到预期的效果.
- 提高意识和教育对于克服可持续吸入器选择的障碍至关重要.
- 为促进像DPI这样的低碳吸入器的采用,解决知识差距和建立医疗保健人员的信任至关重要.
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