Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa despite widely available preventive therapies such as prophylactic benzathine penicillin G (BPG). In this study, we sought to characterize facilitators and barriers to optimal RHD treatment with BPG in Sudan. Methods We conducted a mixed-methods study, collecting survey data from 397 patients who were enrolled in a national RHD registry between July and November 2017. The cross-sectional surveys included information on demographics, healthcare access, and patient perspectives on treatment barriers and facilitators. Factors associated with increased likelihood of RHD treatment adherence to prophylactic BPG were assessed by using adjusted logistic regression. These data were enhanced by focus group discussions with 20 participants, to further explore health system factors impacting RHD care. Results Our quantitative analysis revealed that only 32% of the study cohort reported optimal prophylaxis adherence. Younger age, reduced primary RHD healthcare facility wait time, perception of adequate health facility staffing, increased treatment costs, and high patient knowledge about RHD were significantly associated with increased odds of treatment adherence. Qualitative data revealed significant barriers to RHD treatment arising from health services factors at the health system level, including lack of access due to inadequate healthcare staffing, lack of faith in local healthcare systems, poor ancillary services, and patient lack of understanding of disease. Facilitators of RHD treatment included strong interpersonal support. Conclusions Multiple patient and system-level barriers to RHD prophylaxis adherence were identified in Khartoum, Sudan. These included patient self-efficacy and participant perception of healthcare facility quality. Strengthening local health system infrastructure, while enhancing RHD patient education, may help to improve treatment adherence in this vulnerable population.
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite widely available preventive therapies. In this study, we sought to characterize facilitators and barriers to RHD treatment in Sudan. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods study, collecting survey data from 398 patients who had enrolled in a national RHD registry between July and November 2017. The surveys included information on demographics, healthcare access, and patient perspectives on treatment barriers and facilitators. Factors associated with increased likelihood of RHD treatment adherence were assessed using multivariate logistic regression. These data were enhanced by focus group discussions with 20 participants, further exploring health system factors impacting RHD care. Results: Our analysis revealed that female gender (Odds ratio (OR) = 1.94; 95% CI 1.14-3.29), increased household income (monthly income above 2000 Sudanese pounds; OR = 2.02; 95% CI 1.26-3.25), and a perceived appropriate level of healthcare staffing by doctors and nurses (OR = 2.07; 95% CI 1.16-3.71) were all factors associated with increased odds of treatment adherence. Further, qualitative data revealed significant barriers to RHD treatment arising from health services factors at the systemic level: The primary barriers to RHD treatment included patient lack of understanding of disease, lack of access due to inadequate healthcare staffing, lack of faith in local healthcare systems, and poor ancillary services. Facilitators of RHD treatment included stronger interpersonal support.Conclusions: Enhancing RHD patient education/engagement, while strengthening local health systems, may lead to improved treatment adherence in this vulnerable population.
Introduction: A study to analyze the perception of patients regarding the information provided in the pre-operative anesthesia evaluation period. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of patient perception regarding the information contained in the pre-anesthetics clinics. The anesthesiologist evaluates all patients to assess the medical condition and prepare for the planned procedure. The American Society of Anesthesiologists has brought out essential calibers for pre-operative anesthetic evaluation that suit all patients who come in for all methods of anesthesia. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the perception of patients regarding the information they received in the pre-operative anesthesia evaluation clinics Methods: A study dealt with descriptive-analytical research of patients' perceptions regarding the information during pre-operative anesthesia evaluation.It was done using a structured questionnaire to measure overall patient perception using Likert's scores; Three hundred samples were selected by using organized random sampling. The duration of the study was from 2016-2019 Result: In this study, a survey includes specific questions about patient perception regarding the information given for them when coming in for pre-operative anesthesia evaluation. Investigation shows a low level of comprehension and found an average of only 48.3% of perception for the given information. Conclusion: This study shows that patients lack the optimum level regarding the perception of the information provided in pre-operative anesthesia evaluation. The study is recommending further studies to investigate the causes of low perception of pre-operative anesthesia evaluation among the concerned patients.
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