Senior care workers specializing in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)healthcare have become an indispensable force in institutional care,community care,and home care.The first Chinese nursing service team aimed to imp...Senior care workers specializing in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)healthcare have become an indispensable force in institutional care,community care,and home care.The first Chinese nursing service team aimed to improve the health of the elderly by providing continuous services for physical and mental well-being,disease prevention,physical amelioration,and overall health enhancement using TCM concepts,methods,and technologies.The primary purpose of formulating thisTCM health and elderly careworker service specificationwas to standardize serviceswithin the TCM elderly care industry,ensuring that the elderly receive better health and elderly care services supported by technical expertise.This specification outlined the basic requirements for TCM health and elderly care workers,including standards for service content,service quality control,service evaluation,and improvement.It primarily focused on the content and requirements of TCM health and elderly care services,such as constitution identification,life care,acupoint healthcare,and TCM auxiliary nursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases.This specification is applicable to TCM health and elderly care personnel at various levels of hospitals and healthcare institutions and is noted for its strong applicability and effectiveness.展开更多
OBJECTIVE:To explore the factors influencing physicians’intentions to use Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)to treat coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).METHODS:A cross-sectional,self-report online survey was conducted...OBJECTIVE:To explore the factors influencing physicians’intentions to use Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)to treat coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).METHODS:A cross-sectional,self-report online survey was conducted from March 16,2020,to April 2,2020,in China.Participants were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling.Data were collected by using a self-designed questionnaire based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis.RESULTS:A total of 494 physicians were enrolled in this study.Overall,the model explained 75.4%and 75.5%of the total variance in intention and attitude,respectively.Specifically,attitudes(β=0.467,P<0.001),past behavior(β=0.384,P<0.05),subjective norms(SN)(β=0.177,P<0.001),and perceived behavioral control(PBC)(β=0.133,P<0.05)significantly affected physicians’intention to use TCM.Cognition(β=0.606,P<0.001)and PBC(β=0.569,P<0.01)significantly influenced physicians’attitudes toward using TCM.SN(β=0.064,P=0.263)was not a factor affecting attitude.CONCLUSION:Physicians’intention to use TCM was significantly associated with attitude,past behavior,PBC,and SN.The findings may not only be useful for understanding the influencing factors and paths of physicians’intention to use TCM to treat COVID-19 but also provide a reference for health authorities and policymakers to promote physicians to utilize TCM.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC3500,2022YFC3500501)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central PublicWelfare Research Institutes(2020-ND-5).
文摘Senior care workers specializing in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)healthcare have become an indispensable force in institutional care,community care,and home care.The first Chinese nursing service team aimed to improve the health of the elderly by providing continuous services for physical and mental well-being,disease prevention,physical amelioration,and overall health enhancement using TCM concepts,methods,and technologies.The primary purpose of formulating thisTCM health and elderly careworker service specificationwas to standardize serviceswithin the TCM elderly care industry,ensuring that the elderly receive better health and elderly care services supported by technical expertise.This specification outlined the basic requirements for TCM health and elderly care workers,including standards for service content,service quality control,service evaluation,and improvement.It primarily focused on the content and requirements of TCM health and elderly care services,such as constitution identification,life care,acupoint healthcare,and TCM auxiliary nursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases.This specification is applicable to TCM health and elderly care personnel at various levels of hospitals and healthcare institutions and is noted for its strong applicability and effectiveness.
基金Supported by National Social Science Fund of National Emergency Management System Construction Research Project:Research on the Management Mechanism of Integrating Traditional and Western Medicine to Responsed to Major Epidemic(No.20VYJ069)
文摘OBJECTIVE:To explore the factors influencing physicians’intentions to use Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)to treat coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).METHODS:A cross-sectional,self-report online survey was conducted from March 16,2020,to April 2,2020,in China.Participants were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling.Data were collected by using a self-designed questionnaire based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis.RESULTS:A total of 494 physicians were enrolled in this study.Overall,the model explained 75.4%and 75.5%of the total variance in intention and attitude,respectively.Specifically,attitudes(β=0.467,P<0.001),past behavior(β=0.384,P<0.05),subjective norms(SN)(β=0.177,P<0.001),and perceived behavioral control(PBC)(β=0.133,P<0.05)significantly affected physicians’intention to use TCM.Cognition(β=0.606,P<0.001)and PBC(β=0.569,P<0.01)significantly influenced physicians’attitudes toward using TCM.SN(β=0.064,P=0.263)was not a factor affecting attitude.CONCLUSION:Physicians’intention to use TCM was significantly associated with attitude,past behavior,PBC,and SN.The findings may not only be useful for understanding the influencing factors and paths of physicians’intention to use TCM to treat COVID-19 but also provide a reference for health authorities and policymakers to promote physicians to utilize TCM.
