The problems and suggestions of information support in the whole treatment of dentofacial deformities patient: a qualitative research / 中国实用护理杂志

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Objective:To understand the problems and countermeasures of information support for dentofacial deformities patients, so as to provide reference for optimizing the whole process of information support for orthognathic-orthodontics treatment.Methods:Using a descriptive research method, 10 orthognathic surgery and orthodontics specialists from a tertiary level A hospital were selected for semi-structured interviews in August and September, 2019 using the method of target sampling. The QSR Nvivo 12.0 software was used for analysis by adopting traditional content analysis.Results:According to the analysis, medical experts believed that the problems of information support in the whole treatment process of orthognathic-orthodontics treatment include the following three aspects: information content problems (incomplete information content, lack of "time" dimension, patient's psychological expectation and treatment outcome information asymmetry, lack of information for main caregivers), difficulties in information support (clinical workload, professional limitations, many key time nodes), existing network information problems (poor quality of network information, lack of pertinence of information content and the existing network resources were not effectively utilized); and three suggestions were put forward: customizing the treatment schedule of patients, developing diversified information support methods, optimizing patient treatment process.Conclusion:Medical staff should pay attention to the construction and improvement of the whole treatment information support content of dentofacial deformities patients, pay attention to the diversity of information support methods, optimize the patient treatment process, encourage the health care to cooperate with the homogenization management of the whole treatment information support, and explore the information support system suitable for the situation of dentofacial deformities patients in China.