Abstract
Abstracts
Background
To explore the sources of information on antireflux surgery for patients undergoing this surgery in China.
Methods
Patients who underwent antireflux surgery in the Gastroesophageal Reflux Center of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital from January 2016 to June 2021 were selected as survey subjects, and a questionnaire survey was conducted by telephone.
Results
A total of 358 questionnaires were distributed, and 320 valid questionnaires were recovered, yielding a 89.4% completion rate. Among patients' sources of information about antireflux surgery, the media was the primary source (33.8%) followed by recommendations from relatives or friends (27.8%), referrals from physicians (23.4%) and other sources (15.0%). Patients of different ages and educational levels have different sources for obtaining information about the procedure. Most of the information on surgery for patients aged 20 to 49 years was derived from recommendations from friends or relatives, whereas most of the information on surgery for patients aged 50 to 80 years was obtained from the media. Most of the information on surgery for patients with a primary school education or less was derived from physicians' recommendations, whereas most of the information for patients with a junior secondary school education or higher was obtained from the media. The recommendation of patients for surgery varied among the different departments (X2 = 36.011, p < 0.001), and a two-to-two comparison found that the recommended rates for cardiology and gastroenterology differed from the rates of other groups (p < 0.001, Table 2).
Conclusions
The results of this investigation show that a large number of patients who underwent antireflux surgery learned about the operation through the media and recommendations from relatives or friends rather than physicians at the hospital. Notably, physicians specializing in GERD need to increase their knowledge of the disease and surgical treatment options to provide correct medical information to patients and to conduct media campaigns.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Gastroenterology,General Medicine
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