Exploration of influencing factors for comprehensive geriatric assessment carried out in geriatric departments of comprehensive hospitals in Sichuan province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2018.12.028
- VernacularTitle:四川省综合性医院老年科开展老年综合评估影响因素探讨
- Author:
Dongmei XIE
1
;
Birong DONG
;
Jirong YUE
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院老年医学中心国家老年疾病临床医学研究中心
- Keywords:
Comprehensive geriatric assessment;
Geriatric department;
Questionnaire survey;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2018;37(12):1407-1411
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate influencing factors for comprehensive geriatric assessment carried out in geriatric departments of comprehensive hospitals in Sichuan province and its influential factors ,in order to verify whether education affects CGA and to raise medicine quality of senile disease. Methods The self-designed questionnaires were distributed to 40 hospitals in difference downs and cities in Sichuan province. The data were collected ,including items of CGA carried out in each hospital ,structure of staff ,scale ,bed distribution ,numbers of bed in geriatric department ,etc. The correlations of CGA items with the related factors were analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis. Results The items of CGA carried out was positively related with hospital grade (β= -5.4 ,P=0.03) ,the staff-attending three times or more of geriatric training course (β=0.2 ,P=0.05) , the number of nurses per bed(β=15.6 ,P=0.03) ,the number of physicians with master's degree(β=-0.2 ,P=0.04) ,and the lower average age of medical staff (β= -0.6 ,P=0.05). Conclusions The grade of hospital ,attending actively geriatric training course ,the number of the nurses per bed ,the number of physicians with master's degree ,and the younger average age of medical staff were positively associated with the items of CGA carried out in hospitals.
