Catic Tarik, Jusufovic Rasim, Tabakovic Vedad, Hajdarevic Braco
University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology - Medical School, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
University of Modern Sciences, Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mater Sociomed. 2020 Sep;32(3):183-186. doi: 10.5455/msm.2020.32.183-186.
COVID-19 pandemic suddenly affected all countries and health care systems from different perspectives including severe disruption of chronic disease services including diabetes. Diabetes is a serious condition and highly present in Bosnia and Herzegovina population, so provision of diabetes care is a important part of good control. Countries had different responses to adopt diabetes care under new circumstances as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To investigate and evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of diabetology care in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the perspective of patients and diabetologists.
Online survey for diabetologists and patient organizations have been developed with adopted question for different perspectives. The survey has been conducted online early September 2020. Collected data were analyzed in SPSS software for descriptive statistics.
25 diabetologists and 24 diabetes patient organizations responded. 72% of diabetologists believe that pandemic has partially altered work with patients and 56% believe that the organization of diabetes care has successfully responded to the new circumstances but 80% believe that the diabetes care system should change. 75% of patient organizations thought that the organization of diabetes care did not adequately respond and 87.5% believe system should change.
No significant differences found between RS and FBiH when it comes to majority of questions. Both diabetologists and patients consider that system of diabetes care in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be improved in future. It has been also found that diabetologists in Bosnia and Herzegovina responded and adopted their practices similar to other countries.
新冠疫情突然从不同角度影响了所有国家和医疗保健系统，包括严重扰乱了包括糖尿病在内的慢性病服务。糖尿病是一种严重疾病，在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那人口中极为常见，因此提供糖尿病护理是良好控制的重要组成部分。各国在新情况下对采用糖尿病护理的反应各不相同，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那也是如此。
从患者和糖尿病专家的角度调查和评估新冠疫情对波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那糖尿病护理提供的影响。
针对糖尿病专家和患者组织开展了在线调查，并针对不同角度采用了相应问题。该调查于2020年9月初在线进行。收集的数据在SPSS软件中进行分析以进行描述性统计。
25名糖尿病专家和24个糖尿病患者组织做出了回应。72%的糖尿病专家认为疫情部分改变了与患者的工作方式，56%的人认为糖尿病护理的组织已成功应对新情况，但80%的人认为糖尿病护理系统应该改变。75%的患者组织认为糖尿病护理的组织应对不足，87.5%的人认为系统应该改变。
在大多数问题上，塞族共和国和波黑联邦之间未发现显著差异。糖尿病专家和患者都认为，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的糖尿病护理系统未来应得到改善。还发现，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的糖尿病专家的反应和采取的做法与其他国家类似。
