| Autor: |
Huanyu Zhang, Ying Xiao, Xinyue Zhao, Zhuang Tian, Shu-yang Zhang, Dong Dong |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1750-1172 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13023-022-02243-7 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Rare disease patients often experience diagnosis delays or misdiagnosis, which may be due to lack of knowledge on rare diseases among physicians. Objective To assess Chinese physicians’ knowledge on specific rare diseases and identify its associated factors. Methods Thirty-four patient organizations with a unique disease of interest were invited to develop 3 knowledge questions for each rare disease to assess physicians’ knowledge on the disease that they felt most experienced in. The total knowledge score for each participant ranged from a score of 0 to 3. A national cross-sectional study conducted in a cohort of 3197 physicians from 6 provinces across western, central and eastern China. The demographic information of the participants was collected including gender, age, birthplace, income, education, hospital class, working title, working years, and specialty. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed to assess the independent associations between the physician variables and the total knowledge score. Results Two thousand, one hundred and fifteen (66.16%) of the involved physicians obtained a total knowledge score of 2 or 3. The median knowledge scores of 10 (29.4%) rare diseases were a score of 1.5 or below. Physicians with female gender (β = 0.08, p |
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