在流行病期间使用监测调查跟踪公共卫生,利用率和结果
John Boyle1, Thomas Brassell1, Ronaldo Iachan1
1ICF International, 1902 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston, VA, 20190, USA.
BMC public health
|November 25, 2025
概括
国家调查显示,许多人经历了COVID-19症状,很大一部分人寻求医疗护理. 这突显了健康调查在理解公共卫生危机的价值,超出了官方病例数.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生监督 公共卫生监督
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 现有的疾病监测系统在COVID-19大流行期间不充分捕获症状数据.
- 寻求护理的症状个体的激增呈现出一种无法衡量的危机维度.
研究的目的:
- 评估监测健康,态度和行为数据的实用性,这些数据未被美国当前的疾病监测所涵盖.
- 为了证明低成本,快速的健康和行为监测系统的可行性.
主要方法:
- 从2020年3月到11月,每月进行全国性调查,每人约有1000名参与者.
- 利用来自美国50个州和华盛顿特区全国商业小组的普查平衡样本.
- 从9,200名受访者收集了有关症状,寻求医疗保健和COVID-19测试的数据.
主要成果:
- 22%的受访者报告说,他们经历了三天或更长时间的潜在COVID-19症状.
- 大约10%的人每月经历COVID-19类症状,远远超过阳性测试结果率.
- 42%的有症状的个体寻求医疗护理或检测,使医疗保健资源受到压力.
结论:
- 调查可以提供关于症状病例,医疗保健利用率和卫生紧急情况期间检测访问的关键数据.
- 这项研究证明了公共卫生监测调查的及时性和可复制性.
- 调查填补了传统监控系统留下的关键数据缺口,特别是症状流行率和寻求护理行为的数据.
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