公众对科威特初级保健的看法:一个横截面研究
Lulua Falah Alasousi1, Ahmad T Al-Sultan2, Sara Mohammad Barakat AlHammouri1
1Ministry of Health of Kuwait, Sulaibikhat, Kuwait.
Frontiers in medicine
|December 26, 2025
概括
许多科威特人对初级保健缺乏信心,超过一半的人认为急诊室更重要. 促进对初级保健的认识.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 科威特急诊室 (ED) 使用率的增加对医疗保健领导者来说是一个重大挑战.
- 对一般实践的公众信任不足和对ED过度拥挤的认识不足,需要改善初级保健的看法.
- 尽管对初级医疗保健基础设施进行了大量投资,但使用模式仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 评估公众对科威特初级保健服务的看法.
- 确定影响初级保健与急诊部利用的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项从2023年10月到2024年6月在科威特进行的横截面研究.
- 方便抽样包括655名科威特成年人 (≥18岁),不包括初级保健医生.
- 一份经过验证的纸质问卷,向初级医疗保健中心的访客提供.
主要成果:
- 使用初级保健诊所或选择其作为首选提供者的参与者表现出更高的认识和对初级保健医生的更好的印象.
- 显著多数 (53%) 认为急诊室比初级保健中心更重要.
- 与ED医生相比,选择初级医疗保健中心作为医疗联系的第一点与积极印象 (AOR=2.34) 和意识 (AOR=2.64) 有很强的相关性.
结论:
- 公众的看法对初级保健的使用有很大的影响,许多人特别喜欢急诊室.
- 宣传计划对于强调科威特初级保健的价值和作用至关重要.
- 有针对性的干预措施可以增强公众的信心,并鼓励适当使用初级医疗保健服务.
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