Zimman Sabina, Posadas-Martínez María Lourdes, Mazzuoccolo Luis Daniel
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2020 Dec 1;77(4):322-325. doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v77.n4.26508.
The limited diffusion about hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) among general practitioners, leads to diagnosis delays.
To assess the impact of a short and long-term educational campaign on HS among the walk-in clinic physicians of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA)
Quasi-experimental study with an educational intervention by disseminating a piece of information about HS among 142 walk-in clinic physicians of the HIBA. The same anonymous survey on knowledge of the HS was carried out on 3 occasions: baseline, 1 and 9 months after the intervention. The correct answers were compared before, after 1 and 9 months. The survey and the piece of information were sent by WhatsAppⓇ.
Of the total, 64 (45%) answered in the first stage, 48 (34%) in the second stage and 56 (39%) in the third stage. In the baseline survey, only half knew the inflammatory nature of the disease, 3 out of 5 physicians chose an inadequate antibiotic scheme, the surgery mostly indicated was drainage, only a fifth considered ultrasound useful, and a third did not believe that the patient could benefit from referral to a dermatologist. After the educational campaign, we observed a learning in the HS management, which was held at 9 months.
We observed a lack of HS training among general practitioners. The WhatsAppⓇ platform could be useful as an educational tool.
普通科医生对化脓性汗腺炎（HS）的了解有限，导致诊断延迟。
评估短期和长期教育活动对布宜诺斯艾利斯意大利医院（HIBA）的门诊医生关于HS的影响。
采用准实验研究，通过向HIBA的142名门诊医生传播一条关于HS的信息进行教育干预。在3个时间点对HS知识进行相同的匿名调查：基线、干预后1个月和9个月。比较干预前、干预后1个月和9个月的正确答案。调查和信息通过WhatsAppⓇ发送。
总共有64人（45%）在第一阶段回复，48人（34%）在第二阶段回复，56人（39%）在第三阶段回复。在基线调查中，只有一半的人知道该疾病的炎症性质，五分之三的医生选择了不恰当的抗生素方案，最常建议的手术是引流，只有五分之一的人认为超声有用，三分之一的人不认为患者能从转诊至皮肤科医生中获益。在教育活动后，我们观察到在HS管理方面的知识在9个月时有所提升。
我们观察到普通科医生缺乏HS培训。WhatsAppⓇ平台可作为一种有用的教育工具。
