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Satisfaction of patients with diabetic kidney disease with traditional chinese medicine physician visits

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HELIYON
卷 8, 期 12, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12371

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Patient satisfaction; Diabetic kidney disease; Traditional Chinese medicine

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  1. Ministry of Health-Singapore
  2. [TCMCRG/3103004]

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This study aimed to explore the satisfaction of patienst with DKD visiting TCM physicians and its association with socio-economic characteristics. Findings suggest that ethnicity, types of housing, previous TCM experience, and duration of follow-up with TCM physicians may affect the satisfaction scores of DKD patients.
Background: Patient-centred care is an important part of quality healthcare and patient satisfaction has been shown to be associated with improved clinical outcomes. We aim to explore the satisfaction of patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) with their visits to the TCM physician and its association with patients' socio-economic characteristics.Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among patients aged >21 years with DKD. Participants' de-mographic, socioeconomic characteristics and satisfaction scores measured with the self-administered Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale (MISS) were collected after they visited the TCM physician. MISS is a 26-item questionnaire consisting of three domains - cognitive, affective and behavioural which was developed to assess patient satisfaction with medical consultation. Independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyse the data.Results: 137 participants completed the questionnaires and were included in the analysis. The mean satisfaction score was 3.1 out of 5, with the cognitive domain being significantly higher compared to the affective and behavioural domains. The mean satisfaction score of the cognitive domain differed significantly among partici-pants staying in different types of housing and those with previous TCM encounters. The mean satisfaction score of the behavioural domain differed significantly among participants of different ethnicities. The mean satisfaction scores of all the domains were also significantly different among participants with different duration of follow-up with their TCM physicians.Conclusion: We found that ethnicity, types of housing, previous TCM experience and the duration of follow-up with the TCM physician may affect the satisfaction scores of patients with DKD.

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