Objective To assess the effectiveness of the course of “Being a Friend with Patients”. Methods There were three parts in this course: (1) To experience what the empathy was, by counseling activities; (2) To accompany patients in hospital; (3) To share the experience after accompanying. There were 118 participants who were freshmen at the end of 2005. Results and Conclusions According to feedback from the students, they understand empathy and how the patients feel after the counseling. The course is accepted by all students. It may help students to be more attentive to and concerned about their patients, and to provied help for them.
Advancing patient safety is one of the most important strategies developed by WHO and patients must be in the center of advancing patient safety activities. This paper outlined the importance of partnership between health professionals and patients in patient safety activities in the WHO global patient safety challenges “Safe surgery saves lives”.
The postoperative symptom burden in patients with lung cancer is severe and adversely impairs their quality of life. Symptom management is the cornerstone of medical care. Patient-reported outcome (PRO)-based symptom management is being increasingly recognized as the best "patient-centered care" model in clinical practice. However, the precise implementation of this model in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery is hindered by the lack of a lung cancer surgery-specific scale, implementation standards, clinical application parameters and high-quality researches. The use of a precise and simple PRO scale and an electronic PRO platform may greatly improve the feasibility of implementing this model. Currently, the application of PRO-based symptom management in lung cancer surgery is still being explored and needs to be improved in clinical research and practice.
ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of PDCA cycle on the overall nursing care of patients in the hemodialysis center. MethodsTwenty hemodialysis patients between June and July 2014 were randomly selected as the intervention group, and another 20 hemodialysis patients between March and April 2014 were chosen as the control group. We compared the two groups of patients in terms of patients' satisfaction and the overall care quality of the nurses. ResultsOne month after the intervention, patients in the intervention group had a significantly higher satisfaction rate than the control group (P<0.05); Nurses in the intervention group achieved significantly higher scores in basic requirements, basic items and effect evaluation than those in the control group (P<0.05). ConclusionPDCA cycle can effectively improve the overall quality of nursing care in hemodialysis center and improve patients' satisfaction.
Objective To investigate the scientificity of patient-reported outcomes instrument for asthma ( Asthma-PRO) , which maybe used to evaluate the efficacy of anti-asthma drugs in clinical trials and clinical practice.Methods 366 asthma patients and 100 healthy subjects were face-to-face interviewed by well-trained investigators, and the data of Asthma-PRO instrument were collected. The psychometric performance such as reliability, validity, responsiveness and clinical feasibility in the Asthma-PRO instrument was evaluated. Results The split-half reliabilities of the Asthma-PRO instrument and each dimension were greater than 0.8. In the analysis of internal consistency of each dimension, the cronbach’s alpha coefficient was greater than 0.7. Factor analysis showed that the instrument has good construct validity. The scores of each of the facets and total scores between the asthma patients and the healthy subjects were different. The recovery rate and the efficient rate of the questionnaire were more than 95%, and the time required to complete a questionnaire was within 20 minutes, indicating that the scale had a high clinical feasibility. Conclusion The Asthma-PRO instrument has good reliability, validity, responsiveness and clinical feasibility.
Patient satisfaction is regarded as a key component of measuring and reporting quality of medical services. It is also an important indicator in performance appraisal for public hospitals in China. Based on the literature review on the theories and practices of patient satisfaction assessment in China and other countries and areas, this paper performed an in-depth analysis on the theoretical frameworks and instruments for patient satisfaction assessment, as well as their applications in management practices. Further research and improvements are needed.
ObjectiveTo provide a scoping review of the healthcare provider patient-sharing network. MethodsPubMed, EMbase, Scopus, ProQuest, Web of Science Core Collection, ScienceDirect, SAGE, Wiley Online Library, Google Scholar, CNKI and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect studies on patient-sharing network of healthcare providers from inception to July 31, 2021. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and then Arksey and O 'Malley's scoping review method was used to analyze the study. ResultsA total of 110 studies were included. In which, 70.0% were published in 2016 and later, 78.2% were carried out in the United States, 96.4% used secondary data, and 45.5% adopted social network analysis methods such as exponential random graph model. In terms of network characteristics, 43.6% of the studies adopted the theoretical framework of social network theory, and the network node type was mainly 1-mode, accounting for 87.3%. When constructing the physician patient-sharing networks, 64.5% of the studies had a threshold of 1 patient. We also synthesized existing studies on patient-sharing networks of healthcare providers in the light of factors of networks and related outcomes. ConclusionThe studies of healthcare provider patient-sharing network have potentials to improve clinical practice and health policies. Further studies should consider adopting longitudinal design to validate evidence of study, expanding the scope of study subjects except physicians and enriching the evidence of the relationship between network and health-related outcomes.
To analyze the current doctor-patient relationship and explore its underlying reasons. Evidence-based medicine may provide scientific evidence for the deepening of healthcare reforms as well as the improvement of social security system; provide abundant information for both sides of the doctor-patient relationship; improve medical quality and reduce medical costs, so as to establish a harmonious patient-oriented doctor-patient relationship .
Objective To explore the traumatic situation and transfer methods of the in-patients injured in Lushan Earthquake, and to provide evidence for treating injured mass in future. Methods The information of the patients injured in Lushan Earthquake who were admitted in Chengdu Military General Hospital were collected by “No. 1 Military Medical Project” hospital information system and a self-edited “Questionnaire for Hospitalized Patients Injured in 4.20 Lushan Earthquake”. Results A total of 65 patients were admitted in this hospital: 63 (96.92%) patients were injured in the main shock; 28 (43.08%) patients were injured by building collapse; 23 (35.38%) patients got injured due to falls or got bruised when escaping; and 14 (21.54%) patients were accidentally injured. Rescue methods: 32 (49.23%) patients were saved by themselves; 23 (35.38%) patients were mutually helped; 10 (15.38%) patients were rescued by local non-military rescue team; 34 (52.31%) patients were rescued by military rescue teams; and 26 (44.83%) patients were transferred by air transport. Conclusion In order to cope with emergencies and major disasters (e.g. earthquake) and to treat injured mass scientifically in the future, we should set up emergency wards scientifically and reasonably, carry out education on earthquake prevention and disaster mitigation widely, reinforce self-care and mutual aid in the stricken area, quickly send rescue and medical teams, and organize training for air transportation of patients.
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia versus epidural patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative analgesia, sedation, and the incidence of side effects. Methods We searched the specialized trials registered in the Cochrane anesthesia group, The Cochrane Library (CCTR), MEDLINE (1966 to Sept. 2008), EMbase (1966 to Sept. 2008), PubMed (1966 to Sept. 2008), and handsearched some Chinese anesthesia Journals and Clinical anesthesia journals. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs of intravenous versus epidural analgesia for post-operation were included. The quality of the trials was critically assessed. RevMan 4.2.8 software was used for meta-analyses. Results Thirteen RCTs involving 580 patients of intravenous versus epidural analgesia for post-operation were included. The results of meta-analyses showed that there were no significant differences in postoperative analgesia and sedation at the hour-points of 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th, and 24th hours after operation. There were no significant differences in plasma fentanyl concentration in the two groups on the same analgesia effects. There were also no significant differences in side effects. Conclusion Both intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and epidural patient-controlled analgesia have the same clinical effects. Compared with epidural patient-controlled analgesia, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia has fewer side effects and is more convenient. At the same time, it can reduce more costs of hospitalization. But because of the low quality and small sample size of the included studies, more well-designed, large scale, randomized controlled trials are needed.