Evaluation on the quality of syphilis case reporting from hospitals in Hunan Province / 预防医学

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Objective@#To assess the quality of syphilis case reporting from hospitals in Hunan Province .Methods The syphilis cases reported by 126 middle second-class and above hospitals in the year 2010 and 2017 were retrieved from unified infectious case reporting network and compared with original reporting cards,medical records and laboratory testing records according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Syphilis （WS 273-2018）and the Guidelines for the Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were evaluated between different reporting years,types of hospitals,levels of hospitals and departments .@*Methods@#The syphilis cases reported by 126 middle second-class and above hospitals in the year 2010 and 2017 were retrieved from unified infectious case reporting network and compared with original reporting cards,medical records and laboratory testing records according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Syphilis （WS 273-2018）and the Guidelines for the Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were evaluated between different reporting years,types of hospitals,levels of hospitals and departments .@*Results@#There were 8 947 syphilis cases reported in 2010 and 13 552 syphilis cases reported in 2017. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were 98.81% and 98.66% in 2017,which were higher than 36.39% and 36.10% in 2010 （P<0.01）. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis in the provincial,municipal and county-level hospitals in 2017 were 99.07%,99.20% and 98.17%;the accuracy of syphilis classification were 98.91%,99.03% and 97.99%;the accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were significantly different in different levels of hospitals（P<0.01）. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis in the general hospitals,traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and maternal & child health hospitals in 2017 were 99.25%,96.92% and 97.57%;the accuracy of syphilis classification were 99.13%,96.72% and 97.30%;the accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were significantly different in different types of hospitals（P<0.01）. The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis in the department of dermatology and non- dermatology in 2017 were 99.13% and 98.74%;the accuracy of syphilis classification were 99.02% and 98.58%;the accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification were not significantly different in different departments（P>0.05） .@*Conclusion@#The accuracy of syphilis diagnosis and classification have been improved in 2017,which varies in different levels and types of hospitals.