Predictors of compliance with scheduled surgery in rural Guatemala.
Int Health
; 2(3): 206-11, 2010 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24037701
A non-governmental organization that helps low-income, rural, indigenous Guatemalans to have free or low-cost surgical care found that fewer than 60% of their patients kept their surgical appointments. The objective of this study was to identify the factors that predict compliance with scheduled surgery. All 690 surgical candidates screened by this organization between April 2008 and March 2009 and scheduled for surgery by August 2009 were included in this analysis. For the 474 adult patients the best predictors of compliance included a shorter time between screening and surgery, knowing someone who has had surgery, and several indicators of low socioeconomic status. For the 216 pediatric patients the best predictors of compliance included a shorter time between screening and surgery, having a parent who speaks Spanish in addition to the local indigenous language, and having a parent who knows someone who has had surgery. These findings suggest that the best ways to improve surgical attendance are to schedule surgery as close to the screening date as possible and to ensure that surgical candidates and their families meet a local resident who has had surgery.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Guatemala
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Health
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Reino Unido