2023 Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 82-85
Objective: To evaluate the quality of a review by the Quality Evaluation for Ningen Dock and Health Screening Institute (QENDI), approved by the Japan Society of Ningen Dock, using examination findings.
Methods: We investigated the difference between QENDI and non-QENDI-reviewed hospitals affiliated with the same corporation using the rate at which an irregular heartbeat was indicated on auscultation as an index in patients with atrial fibrillation, a condition that is characterized by an irregular heartbeat.
Results: The indication rate in the QENDI-reviewed hospital was 88.0%, which was significantly higher than that in the non-QENDI-reviewed hospital (45.5%) (p<0.05). The rate at which an irregular heartbeat was indicated by non-Health Evaluation and Promotion Specialists (non-HEPSs) in the QENDI-reviewed hospital was 87.2%. This rate did not differ from that indicated by HEPSs (88.6%).
Conclusion: Diagnostic accuracy may depend more on certification by QENDI than examination by a HEPS. Thus, a review by QENDI may improve the standard of Ningen Dock institutes and the quality of clinical practice through continuing education.
