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Objective:To survey the health literacy and related factors of family caregivers of patients with chronic diseases in Beijing.Methods:A survey was conducted from September to November 2018, among 1 350 family caregivers of patients with chronic diseases selected by stratified random sampling from 6 districts of Beijing. A self-filling questionnaire was used for the survey, which consisted of the basic information and health literacy of family caregivers. Health literacy included three parts: daily living habits, basic knowledge (knowledge of prevention and management of behavioral risk factors, knowledge related to chronic diseases and knowledge related to first aid) and chronic disease-related skills.Results:A total of 1 268 valid questionnaires were collected with a recovery rate of questionnaires was 93.9%. The median age of 1 268 family caregivers was 62 years (23-86) and 75.7% (960/1 268) were females. In terms of daily habits, smokers and drinkers accounted for 11.3% (143/1 268) and 21.5% (272/1 268) respectively; 82.7% (1 049/1 268) caregivers exercised regularly accounted, of whom 72.5% (761/1 049) exercised at least 4 times a week; 28.9% (366/1 268) caregivers had habit of light diet. In terms of basic knowledge of health literacy, 12.9% (163/1 268) of family caregivers mastered the basic knowledge (≥80% total score); family caregivers who were able to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, pulse, coping with hypoglycemia, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and dialing the emergency number correctly accounted for 27.4% (347/1 268), 18.1% (230/1 268), 15.1% (191/1 268), 15.7% (199/1 268), 6.0% (76/1 268) and 33.8% (429/1 268), respectively. For the six chronic disease-related skills, 23.7% (301/1 268) were able to call emergency number correctly and only 2.6% (33/1 268) were able to perform CPR. There were significant differences in the knowledge of behavioral risk factors ( χ 2=3.88, P=0.017), chronic disease related knowledge ( χ2=7.40, P=0.025), first-aid related knowledge ( χ2=12.04, P=0.002) and overall basic knowledge ( χ2=13.56, P=0.001) among family caregivers with different educational levels. There were significant differences in the knowledge of chronic diseases among family caregivers in different occupations ( χ2=8.78, P=0.012). Conclusion:The health literacy level of family caregivers of patients with chronic diseases in Beijing needs to be further improved, and there are differences in the health literacy of family caregivers with different educational qualifications and occupations.
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Objective:To investigate the status quo of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) among elderly hypertensive patients in community general practice clinic and related influencing factors.Methods:A total of 767 prescriptions for elderly hypertensive patients in a community health service center in Beijing from October 2020 to August 2021 were reviewed. The prevalence of PIM was assessed based on the criteria of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults in China(2017). Logistic regression analysis was employed to analyze the influencing factors for PIM. Results:The survey showed that 198 elderly patients had PIM with 244 person-doses. The top three drugs with high rate of PIM were benzodiazepine-estazolam (64 person-doses), clopidogrel (53 person-doses) and insulin (35 person-doses). Univariate analysis showed that PIM was significantly associated with types of medication;and underlying diseases hypertension with hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, upper respiratory tract infection and insomnia (χ 2=82.58, 13.65, 17.74, 7.52, 10.34, 68.19,respectively,all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the types of medication, hypertension complicated with upper respiratory tract infection, and insomnia were independent influencing factors for PIM ( OR=1.55, 2.47, 9.05; P<0.05). Conclusion:The study shows that PIM is more common in elderly hypertensive patients in community general practice clinics,which is associated with types of medication, hypertension complicated with upper respiratory tract infection and insomnia. It is suggested that general practitioner working in community clinics should be aware of PIM, minimize the number of prescription drugs, and choose new drugs or non-drug treatments to reduce the occurrence of PIM.
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Objective:To survey the training needs for chronic diseases among family health care workers in Beijing.Methods:A questionnaire survey on training needs for chronic disease was conducted from September to November 2018 among 820 family health care workers from 15 community health service centers in Beijing selected by stratified random sampling. The questionnaire consisted of demographic information and training needs related to chronic diseases. The training needs included: the knowledge and skills related to chronic diseases: the types of chronic diseases expected to learn, the basic knowledge of chronic diseases (7 items), preventive health care knowledge (7 items), nursing and rehabilitation skills (9 items); the duration, frequency, method, time and location of training arrangement.Results:The survey showed that chronic disease that family health care workers most wanted to learn was hypertension (90.3%, 717/794); among the basic knowledge of chronic diseases, the highest need was disease risk factor (65.5%, 520/794); among the knowledge of preventive health care, the highest need was home safety protection (87.3%, 693/794); among nursing and rehabilitation skills, the highest need was blood glucose measurement (83.1%, 660/794). The female respondents had higher training need for basic knowledge of chronic diseases than males ( Z=2.51, P=0.012). There were significant differences in the needs for preventive health care knowledge among respondents of different gender ( Z=2.72, P=0.007), occupation ( H=15.02, P=0.001) and educational level ( H=12.01, P=0.002). Respondents with different age ( H=6.49, P=0.039), occupation ( H=52.93, P<0.001) and educational level ( H=9.56, P=0.008)) had different needs for nursing and rehabilitation skills. Among the respondents, 58.2% (462/794) indicated that duration of each course should be 30-59 min, 34.0% (270/794) wanted to participate in the training once a month, 53.1% (422/794) wanted to participate in the training in the form of large class, 39.2% (311/794) were willing to participate in the training on working days and 48.7% (387/794) wanted to be trained in community health service institutions. Conclusions:There are diverse training needs of family health care workers. Attention should be paid to the implementation of need-oriented training. It is crucial to promote the motivation of family health care workers to participate in the training, which can improve the training effect and facilitate their role in family health management.
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Objective:To verify the application value of team-based learning (TBL) joint case-based discussion (CBD) method applied in the course teaching of Introduction to General Practice.Methods:Students from two clinical oriented classes in the same grade were divided into the experimental group ( n=35) and the control group ( n=35). The control group implemented the traditional teaching method, and the experimental group implemented the TBL joint CBD method. The teaching effect were compared between the two groups. SPSS 20.0 was used for frequency description and statistical test analysis. Non-normal distribution data were tested with Mann-Whitney U test. Results:After the teaching, the average rank of multiple-choice questions (35.28) and analytic questions (42.24) in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group (32.68 and 25.52, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusion:The TBL joint CBD method applied in the course of general practice helps to improve students' test achievement, enhance their overall quality, and lay a foundation for training comprehensive competencies of general practitioners.
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Objective To survey the consultation length and waiting time of general practice clinics in community health service centers(CHSC).Methods Three CHSCs were selected from urban areas,urban-rural junction and rural areas Beijing Chaoyang District.The length of consultation,waiting time and the satisfaction of patients were surveyed by self-designed questionnaires among 373 patients visiting these three CHSCs between July to August 2018.Results In 364 patients who completed the questionnaire 69.0％(251/364) had a consultation length between 5 to 10 min,and the proportion of consultation length＜ 5 min was the highest (27.9％) in urban-rural junction.The waiting time was＜5 min in 43.7％ patients (159/364),only 9.3％ of patients waited for＞30 min.The proportion of patients with waiting＜5 min was the lowest (20.7％) in urban area.The distribution of consultion length was different among groups of the reason of consultion,frequently seen doctor and the familarity with the doctor(P＜0.05).Most patients were satisfied with the length of consultation (85.4％) and waiting time (74.5％).The satisfaction of patients in urban areas with the consultation length (75.2％) and waiting time (49.6％) was lower than that in urban-rural junction and rural areas.Conclusion The consultation length in general practice clinics of CHSC is relatively short,but patients are basically satisfied with the current status of consultation length and waiting time.However,consultation length and wating time should be regularly monitared,to promote the quality of care in general practice clinics.
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"Good doctor" plus "good patient" do not necessarily mean "good doctor-patient relationship", but both are the basis for building a harmonious doctor -patient relationship and neither of the two can be dis-pensed. This paper conducted a comparative study on ideal and realistic doctor-patient relationship, digged and refined the characteristics of"good doctor" and"good patients", and agreed that it was possible to construct a har-monious doctor-patient relationship when doctors pursued professional excellence and moral integrity, and patients had good "patient literacy".
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Objective To review the publication of general practice education in China mainland in 20 years from 1993 to 2012.Methods The research articles of general practice education published between January 1,1993 and December 31,2012 were searched from CNKI and Wanfang databases, and analyzed with bibliometric and literature management software NoteExpress 2, Epidata 3.1 and SPSS 13.0.Results Total 4 281 articles were retrieved and 241 education relevant articles were selected.29.9％ (72/241) of the 241 articles were on on-campus education, 67.6％ (163/241) were on continuing medical education and 4.5％ (11/241) were on post-graduation education.As to the published institutions, 58.5％ (141/241) were from the medical colleges and research institutions, 25.7％ (62/241 were from the tertiary hospitals, 3.7％ (9/241) were from primary care institutions, 1.7％ (4/241 were from the secondary hospitals and 5.8％ (14/241) were from the government departments.The general practice education grants increased from 1 in 2001 to 46 in 2012;20 of which were supported by provincial and ministerial level funds.Conclusion The contents of general medical education literature in China is mainly on on-campus education and continuing medical education;most of which were from the tertiary hospitals and the medical colleges and research institutions.The amount of research grants of general practice education were increasing year by year during 1993-2012, indicating that more attention had been paid to general practice education in mainland China in the last two decades.