Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
BMJ Open. 2019 May 5;9(5):e028546. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028546.
First, to examine general practitioner (GP) knowledge about the care (needs) of their patients; second, to examine the quality of GP follow-up care; third, to examine the transmission of patient care information from hospitals/emergency services (ES) to GPs.
105 general practices from the representative Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices (SGP) in Flanders, the largest region of Belgium, during 2013-2016.
245 suicide attempts by regular patients.
Ten care-related measures, including three indicators of quality of follow-up care, were based on data reported by the SGP on structured forms at baseline and at two follow-up points in time.
As for GP knowledge, 10.5% of SGP failed to report whether suicidal risk was noticed in patients seen in the month preceding the attempt; 9.0% whether there were previous attempts; 22.5% whether the patient was receiving mental health treatment at follow-up and 22.0% whether suicidal behaviour was repeated at follow-up. Relatively more patients≥65 years had no suicide risk evaluation (OR 3.54; 95% CI 1.11 to 11.26). As for quality of follow-up care, there was a GP-patient contact following 90.5% of the attempts, follow-up appointments were planned following 43.4% of the attempts and there was a GP contact with patient proxies following 62.8% of the attempts. Patient age ≥65 years (OR 4.09; 95% CI 1.79 to 9.33), a recent GP-patient contact preceding the attempt (OR 1.97; 95% CI 1.13 to 3.43), depression of patient (OR 1.96; 95% CI 1.14 to 3.37) and a suburban SGP area (OR 2.34; 95% CI 1.13 to 4.82) were determinants of an increased quality of care sum. GPs received patient care information from a hospital (ES) for 67.8% of eligible attempts, with SGP practice location being a determinant.
GPs are highly involved in the care of suicide attempters but there is room for improvement, also in informational continuity from hospital (ES) to GPs.
首先,调查全科医生(GP)对患者护理(需求)的了解情况;其次,调查 GP 后续护理的质量;第三,调查从医院/急诊服务(ES)向全科医生传递患者护理信息的情况。
2013 年至 2016 年,在代表比利时佛兰德斯的比利时网络哨兵全科医生(SGP)的 105 家全科医生诊所中,对 245 名常规患者的自杀未遂事件进行了调查。
245 名自杀未遂的常规患者。
关于 GP 知识,有 10.5%的 SGP 未能报告在尝试前一个月是否注意到患者存在自杀风险;9.0%的 SGP 未能报告是否有过自杀尝试;22.5%的 SGP 未能报告患者在随访时是否正在接受心理健康治疗,22.0%的 SGP 未能报告自杀行为在随访时是否重复。年龄≥65 岁的患者中,自杀风险评估未做的比例相对较高(OR3.54;95%CI1.11 至 11.26)。在后续护理质量方面,90.5%的自杀未遂事件后有 GP-患者接触,43.4%的自杀未遂事件后有后续预约,62.8%的自杀未遂事件后有 GP 与患者代理人接触。患者年龄≥65 岁(OR4.09;95%CI1.79 至 9.33)、尝试前最近一次 GP-患者接触(OR1.97;95%CI1.13 至 3.43)、患者抑郁(OR1.96;95%CI1.14 至 3.37)和郊区 SGP 地区(OR2.34;95%CI1.13 至 4.82)是护理质量总分增加的决定因素。全科医生从医院(ES)收到了 67.8%符合条件的尝试的患者护理信息,SGP 诊所位置是一个决定因素。
全科医生在自杀未遂者的护理中发挥了重要作用,但仍有改进空间,特别是在从医院(ES)到全科医生的信息连续性方面。