Awareness of infection care terms among outpatients and carers in a public health facility: a cross-sectional survey.

Q1 Medicine

Wellcome Open Research Pub Date : 2024-10-09 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20162.2

Ebruphiyo Ruth Useh, Bongeka Mfeketo, Okuhle Mbengo, Innocent Karangwa, Timothy Pennel, Adam Boutall, Salome Maswime, Linda Pohl, Esmita Charani, Marc Mendelson, Oluchi Mbamalu

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Abstract

Background: As healthcare recipients and individuals affected by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), patients and their carers can be engaged in infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) initiatives to manage AMR. To effectively participate in these initiatives, patients and carers need to understand general terms used in infection care. We explored awareness of commonly used infection-related terms among patients and carers in the surgical out-patient of a tertiary academic hospital.

Methods: Self-administered paper survey distributed among out-patients from August to September 2022. Categorical variables were analysed using Chi squared test. Significance was set as p-value of < 0.05. Content analysis identified terms commonly used by patients when talking about infections.

Results: Overall, 896 out of 1,269 respondents (response rate 70.6%), with a 1:3 male to female ratio were included. Most respondents were patients (75%), with a minimum of high school education (91.2%) and a surgical history (60.3%). Surgical wound infection was the most familiar term to participants. While many respondents had not heard of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA) (92.3%, n=754) or antimicrobial resistance (92.8%, n=755), significantly more were aware of the descriptions provided for these terms (13.7% and 33.0%, respectively; p<0.001). Participants considered antibiotic resistance to be a condition in which the body rejects, resists, or does not respond to antibiotics.

Conclusions: Findings show dissonance between patients' awareness of and healthcare workers' use of infection-care terms, highlighting the need for relatable and accessible terms in infection-care engagement initiatives. More than half of respondents acknowledged that patient engagement responsibility is everyone's, underscoring the need for contextually fit and relevant communication strategies to advance patient engagement and infection awareness.

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公共医疗机构门诊患者和护理人员对感染护理术语的认识：横断面调查。

背景：作为医疗保健对象和受抗菌药物耐药性（AMR）影响的个人，患者及其护理人员可以参与感染预防与控制（IPC）和抗菌药物管理（AMS）措施，以管理 AMR。为了有效参与这些活动，患者和护理者需要了解感染护理中使用的一般术语。我们探讨了一家三级学术医院外科门诊患者和护理人员对常用感染相关术语的认识：方法：2022 年 8 月至 9 月在门诊患者中发放自填式纸质调查问卷。分类变量采用卡方检验进行分析。显著性以 P 值小于 0.05 为标准。内容分析确定了患者在谈论感染时常用的术语：在 1,269 位受访者中，共有 896 位受访者（回复率为 70.6%），男女比例为 1:3。大多数受访者是病人（75%），至少受过高中教育（91.2%），有手术史（60.3%）。手术伤口感染是参与者最熟悉的术语。虽然许多受访者没有听说过耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）（92.3%，n=754）或抗生素耐药性（92.8%，n=755），但知道这些术语描述的受访者明显要多（分别为 13.7% 和 33.0%；泛抗生素耐药性是指机体对抗生素产生排斥、抵抗或无反应的情况：研究结果表明，患者对感染护理术语的认识与医护人员对感染护理术语的使用之间存在差异，这凸显了在感染护理参与活动中使用亲切易懂的术语的必要性。半数以上的受访者承认，患者参与是每个人的责任，这强调了需要根据具体情况制定相关的沟通策略，以提高患者参与度和感染意识。

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426

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1 weeks

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