Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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Evaluating the Primary Care Quality of a Public Health Center in a Rural Area

농촌 지역 보건소 일차의료의 질 평가

  • 변영관 (속초시 보건소) ;
  • 최용준 (한림대학교 의과대학 사회의학교실)
  • Received : 2017.02.11
  • Accepted : 2017.03.25
  • Published : 2017.04.01
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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the primary care quality of a public health center in a rural area using the Korean Primary Care Assessment Tool (KPCAT). It also examined some methodological issues in applying the KPCAT and interpreting its results. Methods: Seventy-nine patients who had visited their doctor more than four times responded to the KPCAT questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and a radar chart were used in analyzing data. Sign test was used to test the KPCAT score difference by don't know option scoring methods. Results: Median and interquartile range of the public health center's KPCAT scores were forty-five and sixteen points, respectively. Only the median of the first contact domain reached the expected value of seventy-five points. The proportions of those who scored under the expected value were under fifty percent in two of four comprehensiveness items, all of three coordinating function items, two of five personalized items and all of four family/community orientation items. There were some methodological issues including, how to score don't know option and make sure response scale consistency. Conclusions: There was much room to improve the primary care quality of the rural public health center. Especially, improvement is needed in the domain of coordinating function and family/community orientation. We also hope that methodological improvement of the KPCAT contributes to more valid and reliable primary care assessment.

이 연구의 목적은 한국형 일차의료 평가 도구(KPCAT)를 이용하여 한 농촌 지역 보건소의 일차의료의 질을 평가하는 것이다. 또 이 연구에서는 KPCAT 적용 및 결과 해석과 관계된 몇 가지 방법론적 이슈를 검토하였다. 농촌 보건소 진료 의사에게 4회 이상 진료받은 환자 79명이 KPCAT 설문에 응답하였다. 응답자의 특성을 빈도와 백분율, 중앙값과 사분위 범위, 평균과 표준 편차로 제시하였다. 일차의료의 질은 KPCAT 총점과 영역별 점수의 중앙값과 사분위 범위로 제시하였고 최댓값과 최솟값, 기대 점수와 함께 방사형 도표로 제시하였다. KPCAT 문항별 점수와 중앙값과 사분위 범위, 기대 점수 이상 응답자 비율, 잘 모름 응답자 비율을 제시하였다. 연구 대상 농촌 지역 보건소 일차의료 질의 중앙값과 사분위 범위는 각각 45점, 16점이었다. KPCAT 영역별 점수 중앙값이 기대 점수에 이른 영역은 최초 접촉 하나였다. KPCAT 문항별 점수가 기대 점수 이상인 응답자 비율이 50% 미만인 문항은 포괄성 4문항 중 2개, 조정 기능 3문항 전부, 전인적 의료 5문항 중 2개, 가족 및 지역 사회 지향성 4문항 전부였다. 잘 모름 응답의 처리 방침 개선, 잘 모름 응답률이 높은 문항의 타당성 검토, 응답 척도의 내용과 점수의 일치 등이 방법론적 개선 과제였다. 농촌 지역 보건소 일차의료의 질은 개선할 여지가 많았다. 특히 조정 기능과 가족 및 지역 사회 지향성 영역의 개선 필요성이 두드러졌다. KPCAT의 방법론적 개선을 통하여 타당하고 신뢰성 있는 일차의료 평가가 이루어지기를 기대한다.

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