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Constructing a doctor-patient community with a shared future requires efforts from both the medical supply side and the patient demand side, with special attention to the needs of patients. Continuously meeting and improving the needs of patients is the starting point, ultimate goal, and evaluation standard for constructing a doctor-patient community with a shared future. Therefore, this paper proposed the proposition of "what patients need", that is, what needs do patients have and how to meet their needs. The fundamental needs of patients are to diagnose and treat diseases and recover from illness, which are specifically manifested in the demands to narrate the disease’s feelings, the willingness to participate in medical decision-making, the experience of diagnosis and treatment in the process of medical treatment, and the satisfaction evaluation of the hospital’s performance appraisal. On the basis of clarifying the needs of patients, this paper proposed the paths and methods to meet patients’ needs, and provided new ideas for constructing a doctor-patient community with a shared future.
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Introducción: La continuidad de atención es considerada como un proceso que involucra una atención ordenada, un movimiento ininterrumpido de personas entre los diversos elementos del sistema de prestación de servicios. No existe evidencia suficiente en cuanto a instrumentos de medición en Iberoamérica. Por lo anterior, el objetivo del presente estudio consiste en describir el proceso de traducción, adaptación cultural a un contexto latinoamericano, así como la consistencia interna y validez de constructo de la Escala de Continuidad de Servicios de Salud Mental de Alberta (ACSS-MH). Método: Este instrumento fue sometido a la evaluación de validez de contenido por expertos y este fue aplicado a una población rural en un contexto colombiano. Se realizaron pruebas de consistencia interna y validez de constructo para cada una de las partes de la escala. Resultados: Bajo el consenso del experto, se realizan cambios en algunos ítems, buscando una mejor adaptabilidad del instrumento a las características lingüísticas del español, sin perder de vista el objetivo de evaluación de cada uno de los ítems del cuestionario original. El resultado del análisis de la parte A convergió en 5 componentes que explican el 69,69% de la varianza con 24 ítems; de igual forma, el análisis de la parte B agrupó 13 ítems en cuatro componentes, los cuales explican el 72.02% de la varianza. Conclusiones: este instrumento podría ser implementado para mejorar la prestación de los servicios en salud mental en contextos latinoamericanos, donde la continuidad del cuidado ha presentado importantes dificultades.
Objective: Describe the process of translation, cultural adaptation to Colombia, as well as the internal consistency and construct validity of the Alberta Continuity of Services Scale for Mental Health (ACSS-MH). Methods: This instrument was subdued to the evaluation of validity of the content by experts and this was applied to a rural population in a Colombian context. Were performed tests of internal consistency and construct validity for each of the parts of the scale. Results: Under the consensus of the expert, it is made changes on some items, looking for a better adaptability of the instrument to the linguistic characteristics of Spanish, without losing sight of the evaluation objective of each one of the items on the original questionnaire. The result of the analysis of part A converged in 5 components that explain the 69.69% of the variance with 24 Items; Similarly, the analysis of part B grouped 13 items into four components, which explain the 72.02% of the variance. Discussion: This scale could be implemented to improve the provision of mental health services in Latin American contexts, where continuity of care has presented significant difficulties.
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@#Introduction: Patients' transition from hospital to home could be challenging for patients and caregivers. This is of utmost importance for patients requiring special or long-term care such as post-orthopaedic surgery. Effective discharge planning is required to ensure that patients are prepared to and get continuous care after returning home to prevent complications. Patients' need assessment is essential to develop effective discharge planning to meet the patient's needs. Materials and methods: This mixed-method study aimed to determine the patient's needs to develop a discharge planning for total knee replacement surgery. The needs for 96 total knee replacement patients were assessed using the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ). The in-depth interview primary focus was to explore the lived experience of the post-total knee replacement patients receiving care in the hospital. Results: A total of 96 participants (100%) completed the NEQ questionnaire. Most of the needs concerned by the participants were expressed by at least 70% of them except the financial need (59.4%). The semi-structured interview found two elements which were a support group and patients’ needs in terms of emotional, physical and spiritual preparation in developing effective discharge planning. Conclusion: This study clarified that the patient needs assessment in the patient care plan.
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Objective To investigate the construction of outpatient quality care services and the needs of patient for outpatient service,and to explore the relevance of the two projects.Methods A total of 152 cases of outpatient department registered nurse of Beijing Union Hospital and 281 cases of hospitalized patients on May,2017 were selected,and then developed the Content Questionnaire on Quality Nursing Work of Outpatient Nurse and the Questionnaire on Outpatient Needs Status to carry out investigation.Results This kind of hospital patients with college or university in 216 cases(76.9%,216/281),personal monthly income of 5.0-10.0 thousand accounted for 44.8%(126/281);outpatient nurses aged ≥46 in 83 cases(54.6%,83/152),the working time≥20 years in 120 cases(78.9%,120/152),college degree or above in 137 cases(90.1%,137/152),97 nurses(63.8%,97/152)in charge.The clinic nursing work relates to the rate of above 85%for disease treatment and consultation,health education,guidance service,self-service system services,on-site inspection,consulting room environment,and the cost of nurses working hours and the most frequent content for the on-site inspection and diagnosis of diseases,counseling,health education,medical order service.The order of patients' needs from high to low was disease and consultation,health education,guidance service,order service,on-site inspection,self-service system,registration service,waiting environment and consulting room environment.There was no correlation between the patient's needs and the rate of nursing,the length of work,and the frequency of work(P＞0.05).There were significant differences in the demand for health education on each department(F =3.047,P ＜0.05),education level,medical order service and on-site inspections have significant difference on demand(F=3.809,3.409,P＜0.05),family income,sources of patients were not statistically significant in the comparison(P＞0.05).The outpatient quality care services had lower improved demand(≤26%),and the first six item that needed to improve are disease and medical consultation,self-service system,treatment order service,waiting environment,health education,guidance services.Conclusions In view of the characteristics of outpatient medical staff and patients in large general hospitals,we will improve the quality of outpatient service and meet the needs of patient outpatient service,which will help to deepen the medical reform and improve the quality of medical service.
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When establishing new pharmacy services, they must be in line with the needs of individual community residents. In our research, it was clear that services provided by the newly implemented health support pharmacies and primary care pharmacist system in recent years satisfy the needs of patients as well as the public in general. We collected information via a survey that used a structured questionnaire. In addition to basic information (age/sex), it also covered details of their pharmacy use, their thoughts on pharmacy services, and the actual usability of pharmacy services. Differences in respondent’s opinions and the actual usability of each pharmacy service were compared between age groups and sexes. Female respondents had more favorable opinions about the antismoking, nutrition, and sickness prevention consultation services than male respondents did. The proportion of survey respondents in their 40s and 50s who proactively used pension and welfare consultation services was significantly higher than for other age groups. The younger generation perceived 24-hour pharmacies and the primary care pharmacy system as necessary. There is a large disparity between people’s thoughts and opinions on the actual usability of the services that primary care pharmacies aim to offer, and this differ in people’s ages and sexes. The younger generation tend to expect the pharmacy services. It is important for pharmacies to address the needs of the generation which is skeptical toward the separation of medical and dispensary practice and recognize them the new role of pharmacies.
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ObjectiveTo screen the items of Advanced Cancer patient Needs Questionnaire (ACNQ)and develop a short version.MethodsA total of 80 cancer patients of middle and advanced stage were recruited.The items were screened with variation degree method and factor analysis method,combined with clinical meaning of the items.The reliability and validity of newly-development scale were confirmed with new sample of 60 cancer patients.ResnltsThrough statistical methods 12 items were removed from the original scale,forming a short version of Advanced Cancer patient Needs Questionnaire:ACNQ-29.The correlation coefficient of split half reliability was 0.913.The Cronbach′s α coefficient of all items was 0.923.Through principal components and factor analysis,7 principal components were gained including basically the 4 dimensions of physiological,psychological,spiritual and social domain with accumulation contribution of 75.478％.ConclusionsNew scale has good reliability and validity,and more easily for patients to complete.It has feasibility and practicability.