Objective To explore the delay in help-seeking by breast cancer patients in Sichuan province. Methods A cross-sectional survey was performed in 327 patients with breast cancer from 7 first-level hospitals in Sichuan province, from July 2006 to January 2007. The following items were assessed: the time of symptom onset, the time of help-seeking, the time of definitive diagnosis, and the time of cancer treatment. The median times of patient delay, medical delay and total delay were computed. Results A total of 327 patients were surveyed and 312 questionnaires were distributed, with a response rate of 95%; 308 were retrieved, with a retrieval rate of 99%; and 283 were identified as valid, with a valid retrieval rate of 92%. The median time of total delay was 94 days, with an incidence of 50.2%; the median time of patient delay was 50 days, with an incidence of 35.7%; the median time of medical delay was 10 days, with an incidence of 16.7%.Conclusion Help-seeking delay by breast cancer patients is common in Sichuan province. Since patient delay contributes most to the total delay, it is important to control this portion.
ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in health check-up population of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2011 to 2012 and to discuss the relationship between SCH and metabolic syndrome (MS). MethodsThose who received thyroid function tests and health examination in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2011 to 2012 were enrolled in the study. The data of medical history, blood pressure, height, weight, thyroid function, TG, HDL-C, FPG were collected. All data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 software. ResultsA total of 11 976 persons (7 488 male and 4 488 female) received thyroid function tests. There were 1 820 persons (884 males and 936 females, 15.20%) who suffered from SCH. The SCH prevalence was significantly higher in females (20.86%) than that in males (11.81%) (P < 0.01). The people over 60 years old had the highest SCH prevalence. There were 1 145 persons (1 005 males and 140 females) suffered from MS among all 11 976 persons. The MS prevalence was significantly higher in males (13.42%) than that in females (3.12%) (P < 0.01). The SCH prevalence of the MS group was higher, which in the health group was lower (P < 0.01). The TSH level in the MS group was higher, while it was lower in the health group. ConclusionThe prevalence of SCH is higher in health check-up population; and SCH apparently increases the risk of morbidity of MS.
ObjectiveTo investigate the management of hospital infection control of 23 hospitals in Sichuan province, China for making the questionnaires and providing basic data of the China-U.S. cooperative program on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases "The Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Project in China". MethodsWe selected 23 representative hospitals from different regions of Sichuan in the survey for the management of hospital infection control. The survey included basic situation of the hospital such as the hospital level, ownership, number of beds, employees and discharged patients, the situation of hospital infection management such as the organization of management, the previous surveillance for prevalence of nosocomial infection, the composition of the staff, and the distribution pattern of important pathogens. ResultsThere were 18 Triple A hospitals, 1 Double A hospital, 4 Triple B hospitals were investigated, of which there were21 general hospitals and 2 specialty hospitals. The total number of patient beds were 26 801. The total numbers of staff were 32 757 including 8 571 doctors, 13 611 nurses, 1 391 technicians and 1 014 pharmacists. In 2010, the total numbers of out-patients, operations, and discharged patients were 16 127 038, 334 057, and 776 806, and the length of mean hospital stays were 11.30 days. All hospitals established the hospital infection control department with 105 infection control professionals. Most of the staffs of infection control department had medical or nursing background with college, or undergraduate level. Nineteen hospitals (82.61%) did the surveillance for the prevalence of nosocomial infection. The last surveillance showed the mean rate of hospital infection was 2.58%. Lower respiratory tract, upper respiratory tract and surgical site infection were top three infections. The annual number of culture specimens totalled 267 061; the average positive rate was 33.06%. Escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonasaeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus and acinetobacter baumannii were top five infectious bacteria. ConclusionThe survey on the hospital infection control management could help us understand the overall situation of the hospital infection control. Also it could found the weaknesses and targeted interventions for the future project, and ensure the authenticity and reliability of the data for this research project eventually.
Objective To investigate and compare the demands of dosage forms and specifications of essential medicine for children in different levels of medical institutions, so as to provide references for selection of essential medicines for children by levels of medical institutions. Methods In 13 provinces or municipalities, 104 medical institutions, including tertiary, secondary and primacy medical institutions, were investigated by questionnaires. Kinds of drugs, dosage forms, requirement types and requirement levels of drugs were analyzed and compared in different levels of medical institutions. Results Tertiary medical institutions had higher demands than other levels of medical institutions for the number of drugs types, dosage forms and level of demand on each drug (P < 0.05), secondary medical institutions were higher than primacy medical institutions (P < 0.05), but community health service centers were the same as township health centers. Conclusion The demands of dosage forms and specifications of essential medicine for children in different levels of medical institutions are different. So future studies should develop the essential medicines list for children depend on different levels of care.
Moral education and professional quality training remain important part of medical education and talent training. This article aimed to conduct a questionnaire survey on medical college students about their professional ethics status and school education in professional ethics, so as to explore the paths and measures of medical students' professional ethics education. College education bears the primary responsibility for the medical students' professional ethics education, thus reasonable curriculum should be set up and teaching methods should be innovated; Industry environment and social ethos also have important implications on medical students' professional ethics cognition and behavior, so it is necessary to regulate the behavior of the medical industry according to law; Information age requires correct public opinion by means of network guidance, and under the impact of the pluralistic culture and values, doctors need to adapt themselves to our excellent traditional culture.
ObjectiveTo investigate the burden of disease in Xinjin county of Chengdu city from 2009 to 2010. so as to provide baseline data for the study on the healthcare service system. MethodsThe prevalence of diseases among outpatients and inpatients in Xinjin county was collected and then analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2003 and SPSS 13.0 software. Resultsa) The numbers of out-patient and in-patients with the top 20 diseases had been increased by 106.8% and 43.2%, respectively in 2010 than those in 2009. According to International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10, the diagnosis of the diseases involved in 11 types of diseases among outpatients. For out-patients, the top 3 categories were diseases of respiratory, digestive systems and injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, accounting for 85.06% and 82.69% of total diseases in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Among them, upper respiratory infections, acute bronchitis and superficial injury cumulatively accounted for 61.61% in 2009 and 59.53% in 2010. b) The diagnosis of the diseases involved in 12 types of diseases among in-patients. For in-patients, the top 4 categories were diseases of the respiratory system, pregnancy, disease during childbirth and puerperium, digestive and the circulatory systems. Among them, the diseases of the respiratory system accounted for 53.55% and 50.82% in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The top 4 diseases among in-patients were acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, COPD, and acute gastritis, accounting for 48.12% and 49.54% cumulatively in 2009 and 2010. Meanwhile, the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes increased dramatically into the top 10 diseases. c) The acute diseases were mainly distributed in township hospitals, while the chronic diseases were mainly distributed in county-level hospitals. ConclusionThe major burden of diseases is the diseases of the respiratory, digestive and circulatory diseases in Xinjin county of Chengdu city from 2009 to 2010. The chronic diseases are mainly distributed in county-level hospitals, while the acute diseases are mainly distributed in township hospitals or community healthcare centres. The common diseases are relatively stable which provide better conditions for the selection and use of the essential medical services and essential medicine list.
ObjectiveTo investigate the use of anti-hypertensive drugs among hypertension patients in examination medical center. MethodThis was a cross-sectional survey. Data of 3 000 cases of medical examination center health records from December 2012 to December 2013 were sampled, and 1 310 patients with hypertension were screened for analysis of medication. ResultsIn the 1 310 hypertension patients, 959 used antihypertensive drugs before, among whom 423 (44.11%) accepted only one anti-hypertensive drug and 536 (55.89%) accepted compound anti-hypertensive drugs or combined medicine. In patients of the previous kind, calcium channel blocker classes of antihypertensive drugs were used the most (n=244, 25.44%). Among the second kind of patients, 359 (37.43%) were treated with a two-compound drug or a combination of two drugs, and most of them used the combination of calcium channel blocker with angiotensin receptor blocker or calcium channel blocker with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor. ConclusionsThe current using of anti-hypertensive drug is in accordance with the recommendation of anti-hypertensive treatment guidelines in some way, but there are still some gaps between real clinical practice and guidelines.
ObjectiveTo explore the quality of life (QOL) of rural cognitive function impaired elderly in Guangyuan city and analysis the influencing factors, in order to provide evidence for improving the QOL of rural cognitive function impaired elderly. MethodsBy stratified cluster sampling method, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was adopted in the cognitive function impaired screening in Guangyuan rural area of Sichuan province in 2012, then we used SF-12 questionnaire to evaluate the QOL of those rural elderly (more than 60 years old) whose cognitive function was impaired. ResultsA total of 270 rural cognitive function impaired elderly were selected from 735 old people. The results of QOL assessment showed that:the mean of physical component summary (PCS) was 37.93±11.55, and the mean of mental component summary (MCS) was 44.07±13.14. Gender, age, education levels, economic situation of the selfassessment, chronic disease, being engaging in physical labour and daily life care were correlated with the score of QOL. ConclusionIn order to improve their QOL, we should help the elderly with cognitive function impaired and focus on prevention and individual treatment; their special difficulties should be fully considered when making the policy of health care and social security.
ObjectiveTo get known of the knowing and utilization of essential public health services among community residents for clinical visits in Nanchang city, and to provide evidence for promoting the effective use of public health services. MethodsA total of 20 community health services (CHS) organizations were finally selected by stratified random sampling method from 5 administrative regions in Nanchang city. Questionnaire survey about the knowing and utilization of public health services was performed to the 500 residents. We used EpiData 3.0 software to establish the database and SPSS 17.0 software for statistical analysis. ResultsThe awareness rate about essential public health services among them was 77.6% in Nanchang, which was highest to 91.0% in Wanli district and lowest to 47.0% in Xihu district. The differences between the administrative regions were significant (χ2=75.893, P=0.000). The archiving rate in CHS organizations among visits was 59.2%, which was up to 84.0% in Wanli district and lowest to 40.0% in Qingshanhu district. It also showed statistical significance between the regions (χ2=110.493, P=0.000). The total utilization rate about essential public health services was 95.8% in the population, which was no significant difference between the regions (χ2=7.772, P=0.100). However, the utilization rate in different populations was statistically significant (P < 0.05). ConclusionThe awareness rate and archiving rate about essential public health services among the residents in CHS organizations in Nanchang was not high, but the utilization rate was much higher, which was different among the administrative regions. The CHS organizations should strengthen the publicizing of essential public health services knowledge for the people in different regions to improve the co-development of the regions. In addition, it is also necessary to improve the use of community health services among the populations to achieve the goal about the equalization of essential public health services.
Objective To investigate the status quo of implementation ofIntravenous Practice Standard in a tertiary A hospital in Sichuan. Methods At 09:00-11:30 am, on March 16th, 2016, a questionnaire designed by intravenous team (IV Team) was used to conduct the investigation in all the inpatiets according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The SPSS 17.0 software was used to perform all statistical analysis. Results The intravenous infusion rate in the hospital was 76.87%, while the rate in Emergency Department peaked up to 96.11%. Indwelling needle was the most common used device for intravenous therapy in clinical practice, which was used in 77.91% of the inpatients, and steel needle, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), central venous catheter, and implantable venous access port were also widely used. Peripheral intravenous catheter was used in 2 990 inpatients, and 78.12% of the puncture sites met the standard; PICC was used in 397 inpatients, and 90.17% of the puncture sites met the standard. The incidence of intravenous infusion related-complications was 15.08%, the incidence of drug exosmosis / exudation was 10.06%, and the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) was 2.89%. Conclusions On the whole, the intravenous infusion rate in this hospital accords with the national average level, but the rate in some departments should be controlled. The selection of device for intravenous therapy is reasonable, but the selection of intravenous site should be more standardized. The incidence of intravenous infusion related-complications is low, but the prevention and control of drug exosmosis / exudation and CRBSI should be reinforced. Health care organizations should pay more attention to enforce the Intravenous Practice Standard into practice to promote clinical medical service.