Evaluation Study of Childhood Bronchial Asthma Prevention and Treatment Services by Primary Care General Practitioners in Chongqing

• Published in: Zhongguo quanke yixue Vol. 27; no. 22; pp. 2780 - 2788
• Main Author: YANG Qiao, LIU Yulin, WANG Chongjie, LIU Enmei, FU Zhou, CHEN Fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd 01-08-2024
• Subjects: asthma|primary care|general practitioners|herarchical diagnosis and treatment|children
• ISSN: 1007-9572
• DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0758

Background Bronchial asthma (asthma) is the most common chronic respiratory disease in childhood, with long disease course and repeated attacks, which affecting the development and life quality of children. As the main providers of primary healthcare, general practitioners play important role in the early diagnosis and grading management of childhood asthma. Understanding their level of prevention and treatment services for this disease can provide suggestions for improving the quality of primary care childhood asthma prevention and treatment services. Objective To investigate the service level of primary general practitioners in the prevention and treatment of childhood asthma, and the influencing factors on the service level. Methods From April to July 2022, 22 districts (counties) were randomly selected from the 38 districts (counties) in Chongqing Municipality, and conducted a questionnaire survey on primary general practitioners in the sampling. The questionnaire was designed by the research team based o