A Survey-Based Needs Assessment of Barriers to Optimal Sickle Cell Disease Care in the Emergency Department - 12/09/20
, Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS e, Julie Kanter, MD f, Liliana Preiss, MS g, Jena Simon, FNP-BC, MS b, Kimberly Souffront, PhD, FNP-BC a, c, Paula Tanabe, PhD h, Robert Gibson, PhD i, Lewis L. Hsu, MD, PhD j, Allison King, MD, MPH k, Lynne D. Richardsona, MD d, Jeffrey A. Glassberg, MD, MA afor the
Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium
Abstract |
Study objective |
Guided by an implementation science framework, this needs assessment identifies institutional-, provider-, and patient-level barriers to care of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the emergency department (ED) to inform future interventions conducted by the multicenter Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium.
Methods |
The consortium developed and implemented a validated needs assessment survey administered to a cross-sectional convenience sample of patients with SCD and ED providers caring for them. In total, 516 adolescents and adults with SCD and 243 ED providers from 7 and 5 regions of the United States, respectively, responded to the ED care delivery for SCD survey.
Results |
Survey results demonstrated that 84.5% of respondents with SCD have an outpatient provider who treats many patients with SCD. In the ED, 54.3% reported not receiving care fast enough and 46.0% believed physicians did not care about them and believed similarly of nurses (34.9%). Consequently, 48.6% of respondents were “never” or “sometimes” satisfied with their ED care. Of surveyed ED providers, 75.1% were unaware of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommendations for vaso-occlusive crises, yet 98.1% were confident in their knowledge about caring for patients with SCD. ED providers identified the following factors as barriers to care administration: opioid epidemic (62.1%), patient behavior (60.9%), crowding (58.0%), concern about addiction (47.3%), and implicit bias (37.0%).
Conclusion |
The results underscore that many patients with SCD are dissatisfied with their ED care and highlight challenges to optimal care on the practice, provider, and patient levels. Exploring these differences may facilitate improvements in ED care.
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| Fundingandsupport: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article as per ICMJE conflict of interest guidelines (see www.icmje.org). The SCD Implementation Consortium was supported by US federal government cooperative agreements U24HL133948, U01HL133964, U01HL133990, U01HL133996, U01HL133994, U01HL133997, U01HL134004, U01HL134007, and U01HL134042 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Bethesda, MD). Publication of this supplement was supported by the Office of Minority Health of the US Department of Health and Human Services. |
Vol 76 - N° 3S
P. S64-S72 - septembre 2020 Retour au numéro
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