scholarly journals EVALUATING TREATMENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AND THE RELATED FACTORS AMONG THE DWELLERS OF SAFASHAHR CITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Sarehrashidi . ◽  
Abbas Yazdanpanah ◽  
Parvizaghayiibarzabad .
Keyword(s):  
Family Physician ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Spearman Test ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTObjective: The present study aims to recognize and evaluate treatment-seeking behavior and the related factors among the dwellers of Safashahr city.Methods: The current applied research is cross-sectional with a population size of 380 and executed in a systematic random sampling among thedwellers of Safashahr city and the villages governed by it. SPSS version 22 has been utilized for analyzing the data in this study. T-test, Chi-squarevariance analysis, Pearson test, and Spearman test have been used to evaluate the significance and the relationship between the understudy variableswith the treatment-seeking variables.Results: 75% of participants in the study have reported being diagnosed with illness in the past 6 months. Visiting family physician was rankedhighest with an average 3.36 followed by public hospitals with an average of 3.05. However, they chose to go to clinic centers with an average of2.1. Self-medication has been reported for an average of 2.6% and 88.2% of the participants in this study have preferred to ignore the medium andless than medium treatment. In this study, a significant relationship has been found between age, number of family members, living location, salary,habitation status, and type of insurance with at least one of the search-for-treatment (p<0.05).Conclusion: Taking into account the findings of the research, lifting the society’s awareness about the consequences of self-medication and ignorancetoward treatment, continuing and executing the urban family physician in other areas, implementation of measures for limiting access to unprescribedmedications, increasing satisfaction, and trust toward public sector and provision and allocation of health resources across cities are recommended asappropriate solutions to improving the pattern of using health services.Keywords: Treatment seeking behavior, Self-medication.

scholarly journals Treatment seeking behavior among post-menopausal females attending out-patient clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a tertiary care centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 5365
Author(s):  
Nisha Singh ◽  
Yogendra Chouhan ◽  
Seema Patel
Keyword(s):  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Background: Onset of menopause causes a variety of somatic, sexual, vasomotor and psychological manifestations which can deteriorate the quality of life of women. According to sample registration system (SRS) 2014, the proportion of women aged 45-59 years is 15.3% and thus it is imperative for healthcare providers to focus more attention on the health of postmenopausal women. In India, however this phase of life is generally ignored. The objectives of the study were to determine the health seeking behavior of postmenopausal women with respect to the problems faced during menopause and to determine the utilization pattern and barriers to utilization of health care services.Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study for one year period starting from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Data collected using Systematic Random Sampling from 255 postmenopausal women and entered into MS excel 2007. Analysis done with Epi-Info 7.2. Chi- square applied as statistical test of significance and p<0.05 considered to be statistically significant.Results: In present study, majority (73.33%) participants did not take any treatment. 10.98% and 6.67% gave history of self medication and use of home remedies, respectively. Statistically significant correlation was found between treatment taken and factors like residing locality, education and socio-economic class. The most common reason for delayed or no treatment seeking was unawareness, followed by financial issues.Conclusions: Majority postmenopausal women faced one or more problems associated with menopause but very few sought treatment. Lack of knowledge and financial constraints were found to be major barriers to utilization of health services. 

scholarly journals Treatment Seeking Behavior for COVID-19 Symptoms and Its Related Factors Among Northern Iranian Population: A Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farahnaz Joukar ◽  
Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad ◽  
Mohammadreza Naghipour ◽  
Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei ◽  
Saman Maroufizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
History Of ◽  
Professional Treatment

Abstract Background: This study was conducted to investigate the treatment seeking behavior for COVID-19 symptoms among northern Iranian population and its related factors.Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the treatment seeking behavior for COVID-19 symptoms and its related factors in 602 confirmed COVID-19 cases for a period of 2 months between March and May 2020 in Guilan at the onset of the corona epidemic in Iran. Results: Professional treatment-seeking was observed in 18.6% of patients and most of patient reported home remedies (50.3%) and self-medication (31.1%) as first reaction to COVID-19 symptoms. The multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that patients with breathing difficulties symptom and history of respiratory disease had greater odds professional treatment of seeking respectively (adjusted odds ratio (OR) =1.6, P=0.03, (OR) =3.3, P =0.001). Conclusions: Roughly half of symptomatic COVID-19 patient reported home remedies as first treatment-seeking behaviors and only breathing difficulties symptom and past history of respiratory disease were identified as an independent predictor of professional treatment–seeking. However, we found no more professional treatment -seeking behaviors among elderly, diabetic, hypertensive and obese patients, while there were at risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 infections. Thus, behavior change interventions in population with underling disease (including diabetes, hypertension and obesity) and older age is crucial to improve professional treatment -seeking behaviors.

scholarly journals Incidence of Myocardial Infarction (MI) in Diabetic Women and Clinical information: A study in Southwestern Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Alireza Rafi ◽  
Roghayeh Esmaeili ◽  
Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh ◽  
Pouriya Darabiyan
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Due to the fact that diabetes can be one of the causes of heart attack in diabetic patients, so this was done to determine the incidence of heart attack and its related factors in these people. Materials and Methods: The present study is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study whose information was extracted from the records of women with diabetes referred to public hospitals in Behbahan by reading. Then the data were entered into SPSS software version 19. And were analyzed using descriptive statistics tests and analytical tests with a significance level of P <0.05. Results: The present study included 1642 diabetic women with a mean age of 54.16 73 73.16 years. Mean BMI in these patients 31.24 ± 1.46, in this study, 248 (15.1%) diabetic women had a history of myocardial infarction after diabetes. Also, the relationship between BMI and history of myocardial infarction was significant (p = 0.09), so that patients with higher BMI had a higher history of myocardial infarction. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the relationship between myocardial infarction history and job type, BMI and type of diabetes was significant in diabetic women. Therefore, it is better for the hospital staff to train diabetic patients to control blood sugar, reduce BMI, as well as reduce smoking and drug use to reduce the risk of heart attack.

Quality of Life of Healthcare Workers Suffering from Occupational Contact Dermatitis

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Omrane ◽  
Asma Khedher ◽  
Chayma Harrathi ◽  
Maher Maoua ◽  
Taoufik Khalfallah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Contact Dermatitis ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Occupational Contact Dermatitis

Background: Healthcare workers are at a high risk of developing Occupational Dermatitis (OD). Affected workers often experience severe impairment of their Quality of Life (QoL). This study aimed to assess the skin-related QoL of healthcare workers with OD and to explore its related factors. Methods: A cross-sectional and exhaustive study was conducted among healthcare personnel of four public hospitals in the central region of Tunisia. All the cases of OD declared were included. Skin-related QoL was assessed using the validated Tunisian version of the “Dermatology Life Quality Index” (DLQI). Some related patents were discussed. Results: A total of 37 cases of OD were collected with an annual incidence of 4.2 cases per 10000 workers. The population was predominantly female (73%) and mean aged 44.7±9.4 years. Nurses were the most represented occupational category (38%). Allergic contact dermatitis was the most frequent diagnosis (96%). Use of gloves was the most frequently reported occupational hazard (86%). The most frequently affected sites were hands (97%). The median score of DLQI was five. Multivariate analysis showed an association between the impairment of skin-related QoL and female gender (p = 0.04; OR = 19.3,84), exposure to disinfecting chemicals in the workplace (p = 0.01; OR = 17,306) and the absence of occupational reclassification (p = 0.01; OR = 21,567). Conclusion: About one third of the population had an impaired quality of life. The score impairment was significantly related to female gender, exposure to disinfecting chemicals and the absence of occupational reclassification.

scholarly journals Determinant Factors of Supervisor Model 4S (Structure, Skill, Support, Sustainability) Against the Implementation of Islamic Spiritual Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Inggriane Puspita Dewi ◽  
Dewi Mustikaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Inpatient ◽  
Supervision Model ◽  
Spearman Test ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: The supervision model commonly applied in nursing is the 4S model, namely the Structure, Skill, Support and Sustainability (4S) stages. This supervision model can be applied by the head of the room and the head of the shift as a supervisor in overseeing the implementation of Islamic spiritual nursing care in adult inpatient rooms. Purpose: to analyze the relationship between the role of the 4S supervisor model and the implementation of Islamic spiritual nursing care in adult inpatient rooms. Methods: the study used a cross sectional method. The sampling technique with a proportionate stratified random sampling was 62 nurses. Data analysis used univariate, bivariate analysis with Spearman test, and multivariate with logistic regression. Results: showed the role of the 4S supervisor model was good (88.7%), the implementation of Islamic nursing care was good category (52%), there was a relationship between the role of model supervision 4S with the implementation of Islamic spiritual care, with a significance value of <0.0001 and the strongest relationship between the 4S model and the implementation of Islamic spiritual care is the variable skill and sustainability, seen from the significance value for skills of 0.05 (Pvalue ≤0.05), and sustainability of 0.01 (Pvalue ≤0.05). The strength of the relationship is seen based on the OR [EXP {B}] value, respectively, skill (0.194) and sustainability (0.109). Discussion: The probability of nurses implementing Islamic nursing care well is 90% if they provide Islamic spiritual nursing care skills and continuous supervision by the hospital supervisor. 

scholarly journals Early Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment Seeking Behavior Among Clients Attending Outpatient Department Sekou-Toure Regional Referral Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania; A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Mvandal ◽  
Godfrida Marandu
Keyword(s):  
Health Facility ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
Malaria Diagnosis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Regional Referral Hospital ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Early diagnosis of malaria and treatment seeking behavior play key role in controlling and preventing further complication related to malaria disease. Aim of this study was to determine the responses on early malaria diagnosis and treatment seeking behavior among outpatient clients attending at Sekou toure regional referral hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among outpatient client at Sekou-Tour&eacute; regional referral hospital, convenient simple random sampling used and self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data and data was entered into Microsoft excel and then exported to SPSS version 25.0 for further analysis and presented on the percentages and table. The analysis of strength of relationships between categorical variables was conducted using the Chi-square test. A p-value of &le; 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 192 respondents completed the study with a response rate of 97.6%. The study revealed that Most of the respondents about 90.6% stated they would seek treatment from health facility when symptoms appear. However, only 6.3% seek treatment within 24 hours of onset of illness (p= 0.017). Half of respondents (50.5%) experienced malaria symptoms in the past six months and only 30% seek for treatment at health facility. Preference of health facility, (51%) respondents were going direct to pharmacy to buy medicine for self-treatment. Overall, cost of service, time consumed and distance of health facility especially health center shows significant with such delay. Conclusion: A low proportion of malaria-suspected patients sought treatment within 24 h of fever onset compared to the national target. Distance from the health facility, cost of service and time consumed were found to be predictors of early treatment-seeking behavior for malaria. Strengthening strategies tailored to increasing awareness for communities about malaria, importance of going hospital and early treatment-seeking behavior is essential.

scholarly journals Trends of Self-Medication Amongst the Patients Visiting the Out-Patient Department of Combined Military Hospital, Lahore

Esculapio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Bushra Asif Ali Khan ◽  
Faiza Muzahir ◽  
Sahar Abdul Rauf ◽  
Syeda Rubab Fatima ◽  
Abida Pervaiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Previous Prescription ◽  
Patient Department

Objective: The purpose of our study was to assess the trends of self-medication practices and to determine the prevalence, characteristics, related factors, and effects of self-medication among the patients conducted. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was on patients of Combined Military Hospital Lahore on a sample size of 365. The data was collected and entered in a predesigned questionnaire about self-medication later analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. Results: The prevalence of self-medication was 95.3% and effectiveness was 87.7%. The common reasons for self-medication were prior knowledge of usefulness of remedy (63.3%), non-affordability of consultant charges (18.4%), and lack of time (21.9%). Frequently used medicines included antibiotics (30.1%), analgesics (69.6%), antipyretics (51.0%), and antihistamines (23.6%). Respondents claimed to receive information about these drugs from various sources including doctor (38.6%), previous prescription (31.8%), retailer seller (13.4%), family/friends (43.6%), media (7.9%) and other sources (1.6%). Conclusion: It had been concluded that there is a high prevalence of self-medication. There is a need to raise public awareness about the appropriate use in order to prevent potential hazards of self-medication. Key Words: trends, self-medication, out-patient department How to cite: Khan B.A.A, Muzahir F, Rauf S.A, Fatima S.R, Pervaiz A, Jamil S. Trends of self- medication amongst the patients visiting the out-patient department of Combined Military Hospital, Lahore. Esculapio.2021. 30-33

scholarly journals IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC COMPULSION ON NPA LEVEL OF SELECT BANKS IN INDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradipta Gangopadhyay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Aversive Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose- In pursuit for seeking the understanding of the implications of Hofstede’s cultural dimension, the current study assesses the relationship between uncertainty avoidance and incidence of self- medication among the consumers in Pakistan. Methodology/Sampling- The research methodology for the study is triangulation of qualitative and quantitative techniques. Constructs were espoused from previous studies however adaptation was made to suit the researcher’s needs. The instruments consisted of close ended questions only. Cross sectional data for the study has been collected through convenience sampling from a sample size of 300 students studying in different business schools in Karachi, Pakistan. Findings- We finally conclude that the working professionals enrolled in business schools generally tend to refrain from self- medication because they consider it as risky and that it that could have serious health consequences. However it was found that people tend to self- medicate for common type of ailments based on their previous experiences. The findings also supports are assumption that high score on uncertainty avoidance means low score on behavioral intentions. Practical Implications- The findings of the study suggest a significant relationship between behavioral intentions and uncertainty avoidance, measured through perceived risk and risk aversive behavior. The results of the study posit a negative relation between dependent and independent variables.

scholarly journals DUKUNGAN KELUARGA DENGAN KEMANDIRIAN ORANG DENGAN GANGGUAN JIWA (ODGJ)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Khamida Khamida ◽  
Abdul Muhith ◽  
Rizkya Dewi Safitri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Good Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Spearman Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Good Support

Some families who treat people with mental disorders have fully support their family member, but people with mental disorders do not care about it. ODGJ (People with Mental Disorder) prefer to do what they want to do unless there is an award from the family. The aim of the study is to find out the relationship between family support and the level of independence of ODGJ in Posyandu Jiwa, Wonokromo Village, Surabaya. The design of this study is analytical with a cross sectional approach. The population is all ODGJ families. The sample is 35 respondents with Purposive Sampling techniques. The independent variable is family support and the dependent variable is the level of independence of ODGJ. The research instrument used a questionnaire. Data analysis using Rank Spearman test. The results showed that of the 35 respondents most (62.9%) had good family support and most (65.7%) were independent. The test results of Rank Spearman statistics p = 0.000 <α = 0.05 indicate that there is a family support relationship with the level of independence of ODGJ. The independence of ODGJ can be achieved to the maximum with good support from the family. It is expected that families can maintain good family support for ODGJ to be more independent and maintain ODGJ's independence, so as not to depend on family

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