Cognitive status on prevention and control of chronic diseases among the medical staff / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the cognitive level and demand of chronic disease prevention and treatment integration in the County hospitals and primary health care institutions. Methods A stratified cluster sampling method was used to investigate the medical staff of five county-level hospitals and 39 community health service centers in Liandu District, Yunhe County and Jingning County, and qualitative interviews and on-site questionnaire survey were carried out among 573 medical staff from August to October in 2016. Results A total of 252 medical personnel at the county level or above, accounting for 43.98％, and 321 medical personnel in primary health care institutions, accounting for 56.04％. And 96.86％ of the medical staff thought it is necessary to integrate medical treatment and prevention. Only 32.98％ think that the local medical and anti-integration were the real ones and only 36.13％ have contacted the"top five prevention and control offices" at the county level. Two-way referral of key chronic patients and promotion of grassroots promotion of appropriate technology were better. And 77.38％ of medical staff at medical institutions above the county level and 75.70％ of medical personnel of primary medical institutions participated in the two-way referral work, with 66.67％ of county level medical staff of above medical institutions and 93.46％ medical staffs of primary medical institutions participated in the promotion of grassroots workplaces for appropriate technologies. And 82.72％ of the medical staff held or participated in appropriate technical training courses for chronic diseases within one year, but the proportion of holding or participating in ≥3 times was only 24.08％. Conclusion The work that county level five platform to promote chronic disease prevention and control of chronic disease prevention and treatment of medical integration still need to be strengthened. We should use the appropriate training mode to improve comprehensive prevention and treatment of chronic diseases among primary medical staff.