科罗拉多州农村和城市地区患者对宗教相关医疗保健的看法。
Patient Perspectives on Religiously Affiliated Care in Rural and Urban Colorado.
机构信息
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
出版信息
J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211012158. doi: 10.1177/21501327211012158.
INTRODUCTION
Religiously affiliated healthcare organizations play an important role in the delivery of care in the United States. There is a gap in the literature regarding patients' attitudes toward receiving care at these institutions, especially in geographically diverse populations.
METHODS
In this two-site pilot study, we conducted a written survey of 141 adult primary care patients at non-religiously affiliated clinics in rural and urban Colorado. Demographic information, measures of religiosity and spirituality, and opinions regarding religiously affiliated care were collected.
RESULTS
73.3% and 69.6% of patients in rural and urban counties, respectively, had no preference as to the religious affiliation of their care. However, patients in the urban county (24.1%) were more likely than those in the rural county (8.3%) to prefer care that was not affiliated with any religion.
CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that concerns such as proximity to care and patient/provider relationships may be more important to patients than the possible religious affiliation of a healthcare organization. This work is a first step in better understanding patients' attitudes toward religiously affiliated care in urban versus rural settings.
简介
在美国，宗教附属医疗机构在医疗服务提供方面发挥着重要作用。然而，关于患者对在这些机构接受护理的态度的文献存在空白，特别是在地域多样化的人群中。
方法
在这项由两个地点参与的试点研究中，我们对科罗拉多州农村和城市的非宗教附属诊所的 141 名成年初级保健患者进行了书面调查。收集了人口统计学信息、宗教信仰和精神信仰的衡量标准，以及对宗教附属护理的意见。
结果
分别有 73.3%和 69.6%的农村和城市县的患者表示对其护理的宗教归属没有偏好。然而，与农村县的患者（8.3%）相比，城市县的患者（24.1%）更倾向于选择不隶属于任何宗教的护理。
结论
这项研究表明，患者可能更关心护理的接近程度和医患关系，而不是医疗机构的可能宗教归属。这项工作是更好地了解城市与农村环境中患者对宗教附属护理的态度的第一步。
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