Ai-Dharrab S A, Mangoud A M, Mohsen M F
Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 1996 Jul;3(2):57-63.
To evaluate the quality of management of hypertensive patients attending Primary Health Care Center (PHC) in Dammam city and to determine factors that possibly affect it.
A cross sectional study and direct interview.
Dammam city.
All doctors and nurses from a randomly selected sample of Primary Health Care Centers during April 1994.
Measuring the knowledge, attitude and practice of doctors and nurses about hypertension management.
Hypertension is regarded as an important health problem in Saudi Arabia in the opinion of majority of doctors (80'0) and nurses (69%). Almost half of the doctors and nurses believe that nurses are sufficiently qualified to measure blood pressure of patients. Most of the doctors (96.7%) and nurses (86%) depend merely on face-to-face education of patients Thirty percent of doctors and 34% of nurses think that the care for hypertensive patients in their Primary Health Care Centers is inadequate.
Offering on job training of both physicians and nurses on hypertension management. Producing a well planned protocol on the national level. Implementing a total quality management and medical audit system to PHC centers.
评估达曼市初级卫生保健中心高血压患者的管理质量,并确定可能影响该质量的因素。
横断面研究和直接访谈。
达曼市。
1994年4月从随机抽取的初级卫生保健中心样本中选取的所有医生和护士。
衡量医生和护士对高血压管理的知识、态度和实践。
大多数医生(80%)和护士(69%)认为高血压在沙特阿拉伯是一个重要的健康问题。近一半的医生和护士认为护士有足够资格为患者测量血压。大多数医生(96.7%)和护士(86%)仅依赖于对患者的面对面教育。30%的医生和34%的护士认为他们所在的初级卫生保健中心对高血压患者的护理不足。
为医生和护士提供关于高血压管理的在职培训。在国家层面制定精心规划的方案。对初级卫生保健中心实施全面质量管理和医疗审计系统。