ArticleGlobal journal of health science2016
Barriers Facing Primary Health Care Physicians When Dealing with Emergency Cases in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Barriers faced by primary healthcare providers in addressing emergencies in the Northern region of Palestine before and during the Gaza war.BMC primary care · 2024Article
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- Patients and Health Professionals' Perceptions of Primary Health Care Services in Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Barriers facing family physician in primary health care when dealing with emergency cases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Types of Primary Healthcare Emergencies in Muscat, Oman: A retrospective cross-sectional study of five primary care centres.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2021Article
- Family medicine residents' skill levels in emergency chest X-ray interpretation.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Assessing Preparedness of Non-Hospital Health Centers to Provide Primary Emergency Care; A Systematic Review.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2019Review
- Self-perceived limitations and difficulties by Primary Health Care Physicians to assist emergencies.Medicine · 2018Observational
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the prevalence of emergency cases reporting to Primary Health Care centers (PHC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to explore the barriers facing PHC physicians when dealing with such emergency cases.
methodsA cross-sectional analytic study, where all physicians working in the PHC of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Jeddah; were invited to participate (n=247). The study period was from July 2013 till December 2013. Data were collected through two sources. 1- A self-administered questionnaire used to determine the physicians' perceived competence when dealing with emergency cases. 2- A structured observation sheet used to evaluate availability of equipment, drugs, ambulances and other supporting facilities required to deal with emergency cases.
resultsThe response rate was 83.4%. The physicians' age ranged between 25 and 60 years with a mean ±SD of 34.4±7.5 years. Majority of them (83.5%) did not attend ATLS courses at all whereas 60.7% never attended ACLS courses. The majority (97.1%) had however attended BLS courses. Physicians in the age group 36-45 years, non-Saudi, those who had SBFM, those who reported experience in working in emergency departments and physicians who reported more working years in PHCCs (>5 years) had a significant higher score of perceived level of competence in performing emergency skill scale than others (P<0.05). The prevalence of emergency cases attending PHC in Jeddah (2013) was 5.2%.
conclusionEmergency services at PHC in Jeddah are functioning reasonably well, but require fine tuning of services and an upgrade in their quality.
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