Naslov
How are the patients informed about OGTT procedure - survey across country

Autori
Bankovic Radovanovic, Patricija ; Kocijancic, Marija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Biochemia Medica / Simundic AM - Zagreb : Hrvatsko društvo za medicinsku biokemiju i laboratorijsku medicinu (HDMBLM), 2014

Skup
14th EFLM Continuing Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 25.10.2014. - 26.10.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
pre-analytical errors; survey; patient education

Sažetak
Introduction: Pre-analytical errors still constitute the largest source of errors in laboratory work. The accuracy and reliability of any diagnostic procedure is strongly dependent on the proper patient preparation and patient's knowledge about the certain procedure. We hypothesized that most of the patients are not informed well enough about the proper OGTT procedure for blood sampling. The aims of this study were to investigate: i) how well patients are informed about the OGTT procedure for laboratory blood testing ; ii) the most commonly used way to inform the patients and iii) whether the particular ways of informing differ anyhow. Materials and methods: The anonymous questionnaire was conducted across the country in 23 Croatian primary and secondary healthcare centres. All 329 patients were instructed by laboratory staff on how to answer the questionnaire but not about the OGTT procedure itself. The participants filled the questionnaire before the first blood draw. Data analysis was performed by using nonparametric tests were appropriate with the P value less than 0.05 as the level of significance. Results: The results showed that: (i) a greater proportion of participants (90%) had enough information about adequate preparation for the OGTT, but only a minority of the patients (42%) were completely familiar with the entire OGTT procedure, (ii) their major source of instructions was their gynaecologist (66%), and (iv) the ways of informing patients made a difference in the patients' awareness (P = 0.030). Conclusion: In general patients are not familiar enough with the whole OGTT procedure. In order to improve the pre-analytical phase of the laboratory work it is very important that the laboratory provides the doctors with clear and understandable written instructions for the preparation of the patients as well as that all changes and updates are available to all users of laboratory services in an adequate timeframe.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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