Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2010;23(6):373-375

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-1924.2010.06.005

Delphi technique application in the evaluation of access to ophthalmic surgery

Liang YE ; Tiantian YE ; Xiaojia CAO

Keywords

Ophthalmology; Surgery access; Evaluation; Delphi technique

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To establish an evaluation index system for access to ophthalmic surgery so as to standardize the access. Method Collect 14 ophthalmologists' recommendations on access criteria for ophthalmic surgery in two rounds of questionnaire survey by Delphi method. Results The return rate of rounds of consultation questionnaire was 93.33%, and the average expert authority coefficient was 0.78.Nine ophthalmic surgery access indicators were established. The coordination of expert coefficient was 0.521 after two consultation. It had significant difference ( P<0.01 ). Conclusion The ophthalmic surgery access indicator system is highly credible and allows quantitative assessment of ophthalmic surgery from various aspects. It is more demanding for ophthalmologist, and gets more involvement of patients in the evaluation of ophthalmic surgery access. It could contribute to scientific and rational decision-making on access for ophthalmic surgery.