KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PREVENTIVE PRACTICE ON DEMENTIA CARE AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN MACAO

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
I.L. Lo ◽  
W. Zeng ◽  
C.I. Lei ◽  
C. Lam ◽  
H.L. Lou
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Preventive Practice ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Dementia Prevention ◽  
Dementia Education

The Macao Dementia Policy was recognized by Alzheimer Disease International as the 27th globally and one of the highest stage 5 to develop dementia friendly community and primary health professionals are in a pivotal position to enhance community-based dementia prevention and care quality. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and preventive practice on dementia care among primary health professionals in Macao. A specially designed 30-item questionnaire was developed and validated for the study. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and Cronbach’s α of the questionnaire were 0.973 and 0.808. The questionnaires were distributed to all 375 primary health professionals from 8 Health Centers throughout Macao and 234 valid questionnaires (62.4%) were returned. The score for dementia care knowledge was 87.02+14.01; attitude was 69.52+5.83; preventive practice was 77.88+13.18, of which doctors (79.89+13.77) was significantly higher (t=2.29, p=0.023) than nurses (75.91+12.33). There were positive relationships between preventive practice and attitude (r=0.163, p=0.014), and age (r=0.212, p=0.002), and a negative relationship between knowledge and age (r=-0.139, p=0.040). These findings have significant implications that most primary health professionals in Macao had sufficient knowledge, a positive attitude and appropriate preventive practice on dementia care. However, enhanced dementia education to improve knowledge and preventive practice was a strong agenda for the training for senior staff and nurses.

scholarly journals High School Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Practice of Dementia Care in Macao

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 153331752094834
Author(s):  
Iek Long Lo ◽  
Wen Zeng ◽  
Chin Ion Lei ◽  
Chong Lam ◽  
Hong Lei Lou
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preventive Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge ◽  
Dementia Education

Objective: To investigate knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of dementia care among high school students in Macao. Methods: Questionnaires was developed and distributed to 10 randomly selected high schools in Macao and 586 valid questionnaires were returned. Results: Knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of dementia care were 56.27 ± 24.90, 73.97 ± 7.72 and 68.34 ± 14.05. There were positive relationships between preventive practice and attitude, and knowledge. The students of 2 high schools had participated or organized lectures or events related to dementia scored higher knowledge, attitude and preventive practice than those hadn’t. Knowledge and attitude of female students were significantly higher than male students. Knowledge and preventive practice of the high school students were significantly lower than primary health professionals in Macao. Conclusion: Most high school students in Macao had insufficient knowledge and inappropriate preventive practice of dementia care. Enhanced dementia education should be a strong agenda for high school students in Macao.

scholarly journals Health care quality in primary health centers of South-Bačka region

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Dušan Čanković ◽  
Nataša Draganić ◽  
Svetlana Kvrgić ◽  
Sonja Travar ◽  
Ivana Radić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Community-based rehabilitation service in Chengdu，southwest China: a cross-sectional general survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siliang Chen ◽  
Yi Lei ◽  
Hua Dai ◽  
Jia Wu ◽  
Ziyu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

Abstract Background: World Health Organization initiated community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in 1978, and by now, it has been an essential process of medical services worldwide. China had strengthened primary health care on building more than 35,000 community health centers (CHCs) in cities, and more than 34,000 township health centers (THCs) in the rural area. Nevertheless, it remains unclear that if these primary health centers could provide optional rehabilitation services for disabilities. And this study aims at evaluating the supply capacity of rehabilitation service in primary health centers of Chengdu, a regional center city of southwest China.Method : We conducted a general investigation of primary health centers in Chengdu, a city located in southwest China with more than 15 million population, our investigation covered all of Chengdu’s 390 primary health centers from October to November 2016. We researched these primary health centers on basic rehabilitation services, diseases, and rehabilitation equipment quantity and quality, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physiotherapyResult: Rehabilitation therapy is available in 88.9% (337 of 379) of all primary health centers. Meanwhile, CHCs slightly surpass THCs with an available rate of 92.2% (106 of 115) and 87.5% (231 of 264), respectively. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physiotherapy is available in 97.1% (368 of 379) of all primary health centers, 97.3% (112 of 115) of CHCs and 97.0% (256 of 264) of THCs. Quantitative analysis showed that substantial factors which could make an impact on the number of patients per year contain: categories of rehabilitation disease (P<0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-1.571, -0.702]),number of rehabilitation bed (P<0.001, 95%CI [-1.249, -0.290])Conclusion: CBR and TCM physiotherapy has become accessible for disabilities in most basic health centers of Chengdu City, whereas, available rate of CBR in THCs is lesser than in CHCs, which suggests an imbalance in primary health service development between rural and urban area. Categories of rehabilitation diseases, and the number of rehabilitation beds constitute co-factors that make an impact on the CBR capacity of basic health centers.

Formal Care Providers' Perceptions of Home- and Community-Based Services: Informing Dementia Care Quality

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Jansen ◽  
Dorothy A. Forbes ◽  
Maureen Markle-Reid ◽  
Pamela Hawranik ◽  
Dawn Kingston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Care Quality ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Services

scholarly journals Community-based rehabilitation service in Chengdu: a cross-sectional general survey

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siliang Chen ◽  
Yi Lei ◽  
Hua Dai ◽  
Jia Wu ◽  
Ziyu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation ◽  
Number Of Patients

Abstract Background Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) was initiated by World Health Organization in 1984, and by then it has been an essential process of medical services in the worldwide. China had strengthened primary health care via constructing more than 35 thousand community health centers (CHCs) in cities, and more than 35 thousand township health centers (THCs) in rural area. Nevertheless, it remains unclear that if these basic health center could provide optional rehabilitation services for disabilities. And this study aims at evaluating supply capacity of rehabilitation service in basic health centers of Chengdu, a regional center city of southwest China.Method We conducted a general investigation of primary health centers in Chengdu, a city located in south west China with more than 15 million population. Totally, our investigation covered 115 CHCs and 264 THCs from October to November 2016. We investigated these primary health center on basic rehabilitation services, disease spectrum and rehabilitation equipment quantity and quality, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physiotherapyResult Rehabilitation therapy is available in 88.9% (337 of 379) of all community health centers, meanwhile, urban community health centers slightly surpass rural community with available rate of 92.2% (106 of 115) and 87.5% (231 of 264), respectively. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physiotherapy is available in 97.1% (368 of 379) of all community health centers, 97.3% (112 of 115) of urban community health centers and 97.0% (256 of 264) of rural community health centers. Quantitively analysis indicated that substantial factors which could make impact on number of patients per year contain: species of rehabilitation disease (P<0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-1.571, -0.702]), the service population (P=0.03, 95%CI [-1.198,-0.057]), number of rehabilitation bed (P<0.001, 95%CI [-1.249,-0.290])Conclusion Community-based rehabilitation and TCM physiotherapy have become accessible for disabilities in neighbor community health centers of Chengdu City. Whereas, available rate of CBR in rural CHCs is lesser than in urban CHCs, which indicates imbalance in basic health service development between rural and urban area. A bit of baseline of CHCs makes significant impact on number of patients per year, including species of rehabilitation diseases, service population and number of rehabilitation bed.

scholarly journals Community based monitoring under national rural health mission in Maharashtra: Status at primary health centers

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
PrakashPrabhakarrao Doke ◽  
AshokPurshottamrao Kulkarni ◽  
PushpaOmprakash Lokare ◽  
Muralidhar Tambe ◽  
RatnendraR Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Rural Health ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
National Rural Health Mission ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Community-based rehabilitation service in Chengdu, southwest China: a cross-sectional general survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siliang Chen ◽  
Yi Lei ◽  
Hua Dai ◽  
Jia Wu ◽  
Ziyu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

Abstract Background World Health Organization initiated community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in 1978, and by now, it has been an essential process of medical services worldwide. China had strengthened primary health care on building more than 35,000 community health centers (CHCs) in cities, and more than 34,000 township health centers (THCs) in the rural area. Nevertheless, it remains unclear that if these primary health centers could provide optional rehabilitation services for disabilities. And this study aims at evaluating the supply capacity of rehabilitation service in primary health centers of Chengdu, a regional center city of southwest China. Method We conducted a general investigation of primary health centers in Chengdu, a city located in southwest China with more than 15 million population, our investigation covered all of Chengdu’s 390 primary health centers from October to November 2016. We researched these primary health centers on basic rehabilitation services, diseases, and rehabilitation equipment quantity and quality, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physiotherapy Result Rehabilitation therapy is available in 88.9% (337 of 379) of all primary health centers. Meanwhile, CHCs slightly surpass THCs with an available rate of 92.2% (106 of 115) and 87.5% (231 of 264), respectively. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physiotherapy is available in 97.1% (368 of 379) of all primary health centers, 97.3% (112 of 115) of CHCs and 97.0% (256 of 264) of THCs. Quantitative analysis showed that substantial factors which could make an impact on the number of patients per year contain: categories of rehabilitation disease (P<0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-1.571, -0.702]),number of rehabilitation bed (P<0.001, 95%CI [-1.249, -0.290]) Conclusion CBR and TCM physiotherapy has become accessible for disabilities in most basic health centers of Chengdu City, whereas, available rate of CBR in THCs is lesser than in CHCs, which suggests an imbalance in primary health service development between rural and urban area. Categories of rehabilitation diseases, and the number of rehabilitation beds constitute co-factors that make an impact on the CBR capacity of basic health centers.

scholarly journals Community-based rehabilitation service in Chengdu, southwest China: a cross-sectional general survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siliang Chen ◽  
Yi Lei ◽  
Hua Dai ◽  
Jia Wu ◽  
Ziyu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

Abstract Background World Health Organization initiated community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in 1978, and by now, it has been an essential process of medical services worldwide. China had strengthened primary health care on building more than 35,000 community health centers (CHCs) in cities, and more than 34,000 township health centers (THCs) in the rural area. Nevertheless, it remains unclear that if these primary health centers could provide optional rehabilitation services for disabilities. And this study aims at evaluating the supply capacity of rehabilitation service in primary health centers of Chengdu, a regional center city of southwest China.Method We conducted a general investigation of primary health centers in Chengdu, a city located in southwest China with more than 15 million population. Our investigation covered all of Chengdu’s 390 primary health centers from October to November 2016. We researched these primary health centers on basic rehabilitation services, diseases, and rehabilitation equipment quantity and quality, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physiotherapyResult Rehabilitation therapy is available in 88.9% (337 of 379) of all primary health centers. Meanwhile, CHCs slightly surpass THCs with an available rate of 92.2% (106 of 115) and 87.5% (231 of 264), respectively. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physiotherapy is available in 97.1% (368 of 379) of all primary health centers, 97.3% (112 of 115) of CHCs and 97.0% (256 of 264) of THCs. Quantitative analysis showed that substantial factors which could make an impact on the number of patients per year contain: categories of rehabilitation disease (P<0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-1.571, -0.702]),number of rehabilitation bed (P<0.001, 95%CI [-1.249, -0.290])Conclusion CBR and TCM physiotherapy has become accessible for disabilities in most basic health centers of Chengdu City, whereas, available rate of CBR in THCs is lesser than in CHCs, which suggests an imbalance in primary health service development between rural and urban area. Categories of rehabilitation diseases, and the number of rehabilitation beds constitute co-factors that make an impact on the CBR capacity of basic health centers.

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