Khoja T A, al-Mohammad K K, Aziz K M
Health Centres, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J. 1999 Jan;5(1):111-7.
Baseline data on acute respiratory infections (ARI) were collected by a survey questionnaire distributed to physicians of 10% of the health centres randomly selected from each of the five provinces of Saudi Arabia. The physicians estimated that ARI was the cause of sickness in 50% of ill children < 5 years in 1995. None of the physicians had had any training in ARI and they were not aware of any national protocol or programme. Physicians' responses indicated an over-use of antibiotics and diagnostic procedures. A national protocol for diagnosis and treatment of ARI has been prepared and distributed and leaders of primary health care and 55 national trainers have been trained.
通过向从沙特阿拉伯五个省份中随机选取的10%的健康中心的医生发放调查问卷,收集了急性呼吸道感染(ARI)的基线数据。医生们估计,1995年在5岁以下患病儿童中,ARI是50%病例的病因。没有一位医生接受过ARI方面的培训,他们也不知道任何国家方案或计划。医生们的回答表明存在抗生素和诊断程序过度使用的情况。现已制定并分发了ARI诊断和治疗的国家方案,并且对初级卫生保健负责人和55名国家级培训人员进行了培训。