Analysis of cases from China national treatment program for patients with chronic Keshan disease 2005-2012 / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective In this paper,major issues for all those who have been selected in China national treatment program for patients with chronic Keshan disease (CNTP-CKD) were uncovered through evaluation of the annually reported data from participating provinces,in order to improve the performance quality of the program.Methods The datasets 2005-2012 were merged after cleaning them,and the composition of the treated patients was statistically analyzed,including gender and age distribution,diagnosis evidence for chronic Keshan disease (ECG,cardiothoracic ratio by X-ray,heart function grade of NYHA),and proportion of cases who had received treatment more than once.Results ①A total of 2 649 patients participated in the treatment,of them 1 115 patients were males accounting for 42.1％ (1 115/2 649),1 534 patients were females accounting for 57.9％ (1 534/2 649).Age of the patients were mainly distributed in 41 to 70 years old,and 24 CKD patients under 10 years accounting for 0.9％ (24/2 649).②2 313 cases of the involved patients were diagnosed with sufficient evidence,accounting for 81.9％ (2 313/2 823) and 121 cases with full misdiagnosis,accounting for 18.1％ (121/2 823).③There were 881 patients been treated for more than once,accounting for 38.3％ (881/2 301) of the number of treatment.Conclusions ① Diagnosis for CKD remains a key problem,suggesting that medical record for each patient diagnosed by province-level doctors' needs to be built up as early as possible.The rate of patient treatment for more than once is low which is not beneficial to the patients.② Treatment period for CKD patients is highly recommended to expand to at least one year,and the disease should be enrolled in the free cost list of the new rural cooperative medical system (NCMS).