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1. 1Department of Endocrinology
2. 2Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China;
*Corresponding author Tel: 86-10-69155100, Fax: 86-10-69155073, E-mail: huijuanzhu@hotmail.com
网络出版日期:2016-06-20,
纸质出版日期:2016-06
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Management of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Survey among Physicians△[J]. 中国医学科学杂志(英文版), 2016,31(3):168-172.
Yang Hong-bo, Zhang Meng-qi, Pan Hui, et al. Management of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Survey among Physicians△[J]. Chinese medical sciences journal, 2016, 31(3): 168-172.
Management of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Survey among Physicians△[J]. 中国医学科学杂志(英文版), 2016,31(3):168-172. DOI:
Yang Hong-bo, Zhang Meng-qi, Pan Hui, et al. Management of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Survey among Physicians△[J]. Chinese medical sciences journal, 2016, 31(3): 168-172. DOI:
Objective
To evaluate physicians’ attitude and knowledge about the management of adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and impact factors associated with better decision-making.
Methods
A 21-question anonymous survey was distributed and collected at Peking Union Medical College Hospital
a major teaching hospital in Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Data of physicians’ educational background
clinical training
patient workload per year and continuing medical education in AGHD were collected. Factors associated with appropriate answers were further analyzed by multivariate regression models.
Results
One hundred and eighteen internal medicine residents
endocrine fellows
attending physicians and visiting physicians responded to the survey. Among them
44.9% thought that AGHD patients should accept recombinant human growth hormone replacement therapy. Moreover
56.8% selected insulin tolerance test and growth hormone-releasing hormone-arginine test for the diagnosis of AGHD. Logistic regression analysis of physician demographic data
educational background
and work experience found no consistent independent factors associated with better decision-making
other than continued medical education
that were associated with treatment choice.
Conclusions
The physicians’ reported management of AGHD in this major academic healthcare center in Beijing was inconsistent with current evidence. High quality continued medical education is required to improve Chinese physician management of AGHD.
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