Knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians toward peak expiratory flow meter in primary health care centers in Kuwait

Jaffar, Haifaa Y.; Alhaid, Tahani A.; Al-Hassan, Nada A.; Kamel, Mohamed I.; El-Shazly, Medhat K.

doi:10.1016/j.ajme.2010.12.001

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“…This may also mean that the health workers used symptomatic assessments to screen and subsequently refer. The use of the peak flow meter for screening, follow up and even home self-monitoring of patients with CRDs is a well-established practice in a number of countries [ 39 , 40 ]. One of the gaps that was identified by a multi-country study conducted in the east Mediterranean region on the integration of NCDs into primary health care was the lack of skill by the health workers to tackle these diseases [ 41 ].…”

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Assessment of primary health care workers´ knowledge and skill for COPD and asthma screening and diagnosis in Jos LGA of Plateau State

Miner¹,

Envuladu²,

Afolaranmi³

et al. 2022

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are the commonest of the group of Chronic Respiratory Diseases. Primary Health Care workers play a role in the prevention of these diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and diagnostic skills of PHC workers on COPD and asthma in a local government area of Plateau State, Nigeria. Methods it was a cross-sectional study conducted among 146 primary healthcare workers selected through a multistage sampling technique. Data was collected through a self –administered questionnaire. Data processing and analysis were done with Epi-Info epidemiological software. The categories of knowledge that were of interest were scored and graded. A confidence level of 95% was used and a p-value of <0.05 was considered significant for this study. Results the mean age of respondents was 41.4 ± 10.1 years, junior community health extension workers made up the largest group and the mean years of service was 14.9 ± 8.9 years. The overall knowledge of COPD and asthma was fair in 68.5 % of health workers though the mean knowledge scores of asthma were statistically significantly higher than that of COPD (p = 0.000). Knowledge was found to be statistically significantly associated with age, sex and cadre. None of the respondents was able to operate a peak flow meter. Conclusion the study concluded that though there was fair level of knowledge among the respondents on COPD and asthma, they lacked the necessary skills to screen for and diagnose these diseases.

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Assessment of primary health care workers´ knowledge and skill for COPD and asthma screening and diagnosis in Jos LGA of Plateau State

Miner¹,

Envuladu²,

Afolaranmi³

et al. 2022

Pan Afr Med J

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Readiness of health facilities for the outpatient management of non-communicable diseases in a low-resource setting: an example from a facility-based cross-sectional survey in Tanzania

Bintabara

Ngajilo

2020

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveThis study assessed the readiness of health facilities to provide outpatient management of non-communicable diseases using a nationally representative sample of health facilities from Tanzania as an example of a low-resource country.DesignFacility-based cross-sectional survey.SettingThis study analysed data collected from public and private-owned dispensaries/clinics, health centres and hospitals during the 2014–2015 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment survey.Primary outcome measuresThree outcome variables are included in this study, namely readiness of facilities to provide outpatient management for diabetes, hypertension and chronic respiratory diseases. These were composite variables measured based on availability of indicators identified in the WHO-Service Availability and Readiness Assessment manual. These indicators were grouped into three domains, viz staff training and guidelines, basic diagnostic equipment and basic medicines. Readiness was measured by assessing the presence of required indicators in each of these domains.ResultsOut of 1188 health facilities assessed, 52.1%, 64.8% and 60.9% reported providing services related to diabetes, hypertension and chronic respiratory diseases, respectively. A few facilities reported having treatment guidelines (33.2%) or staff trained to provide non-communicable disease services (10.4%). The availability of basic diagnostic equipment and medicines for these diseases was significantly lower in public lower level facilities than in their private counterparts (p<0.05). Facilities located in urban settings as well as higher level (health centre and hospitals) and publicly owned facilities were significantly associated with increased service readiness index for providing outpatient management of non-communicable diseases.ConclusionA fair distribution of resources through the ‘push’ system of refresher training, treatment guidelines, medicines and diagnostic equipment from higher authorities or other agencies may be one way of strengthening the readiness of lower level and public facilities to cope with the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-resource countries such as Tanzania.

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Lung function and functional capacity among foundry workers using effective risk control measures

Bernardes

Chiavegato

Moraes

et al. 2015

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians toward peak expiratory flow meter in primary health care centers in Kuwait

Cited by 3 publications

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Assessment of primary health care workers´ knowledge and skill for COPD and asthma screening and diagnosis in Jos LGA of Plateau State

Assessment of primary health care workers´ knowledge and skill for COPD and asthma screening and diagnosis in Jos LGA of Plateau State

Readiness of health facilities for the outpatient management of non-communicable diseases in a low-resource setting: an example from a facility-based cross-sectional survey in Tanzania

Lung function and functional capacity among foundry workers using effective risk control measures

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