Experience of Patients with Diabetes and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Health Professionals and Healthcare in Spain

Autor: Karine Ferreira de Campos, Antón Gómez-García, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Gonzalo Fernández, Flora López-Simarro, Marta Cedenilla-Horcajuelo, José Escribano-Serrano
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Medicine
Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 2831, p 2831 (2021)
Volume 10
Issue 13
ISSN: 2077-0383
Popis: We aimed to evaluate the experience of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with healthcare received in Spain. This was a retrospective, observational study in patients with T2DM cared for in primary healthcare (PHC) centers. A cross-sectional analysis of the patients’ experience data was performed using the Instrument for the Evaluation of the Experience of Chronic Patients (IEXPAC). A total of 475 patients with T2DM were recruited from 36 PHC centers, of which 248 (52.2%) completed the IEXPAC questionnaire. The IEXPAC total mean score (range 0–10) was 7 points, with an average “new relational model” score of 2.5 points. The mean continuity of care score after hospital discharge was 6.2 points. The results showed that 8% of the patients always or almost always used the internet to check their medical history, appointments or other data from their healthcare service, and 15% responded that healthcare professionals always or almost always informed them of forums or other reliable internet sites to obtain information about their illness. The study results show that there is a wide margin for improvement in the experience of patients with T2DM with healthcare in Spain, especially regarding the information patients receive or can obtain.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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