Abstract:
Objective To comprehensively evaluate the reporting quality of notifiable infectious diseases in Shandong province from 2017 to 2021, and further improve the quality of infectious disease reporting.
Methods The data source was the survey on the current status of infectious disease reporting quality and management in Shandong province from 2017 to 2021, and the evaluation indicators were reporting rate, timeliness rate, completeness rate, accuracy rate, consistency rate and rate of valid document number completion. SPSS 22.0 software was used for data statistics and analysis, expert consultation method was applied to determine indicator weights using Yahhp12.9 software, and the weighted technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) method was used for comprehensive evaluation of the quality of notifiable infectious disease reporting.
Results From 2017 to 2021, the reporting rate of notifiable infectious diseases in Shandong was 96.98%, the top 3 diseases of underreporting were other infectious diarrhea (1 731 cases), viral hepatitis (947 cases) and hand, foot and mouth disease (239 cases). The quality indicators of notifiable infectious disease reports in different years all showed an increasing trend (P<0.001), the results of weighted TOPSIS method showed that the comprehensive quality of infectious disease reporting in medical institutions in different years was ranked from highest to lowest in 2021, 2019, 2020, 2018, and 2017, the comprehensive quality of different grades in 5 years combined was first-class and unclassified > third-class > second-class, and the comprehensive quality of different geographical regions in 5 years combined was ranked as eastern Shandong > central Shandong > southwest Shandong.
Conclusion From 2017 to 2021, the reporting quality of notifiable infectious diseases in Shandong province was gradually improved, but problems remain. Stabilizing the reporting and management team, promoting infectious disease data exchange are critical to improving the quality of infectious disease reporting.