scholarly journals Prevalence, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, and Health-Care Seeking Behaviors of Female Urinary Incontinence: Results From the 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2007-2009)

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choon Sig Kwon ◽  
Jun Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Female Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Nutrition Examination Survey ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviors

Influence of the Severity of Stress Urinary Incontinence on Quality of Life, Health Care Seeking, and Treatment: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Gasquet ◽  
Stéphanie Tcherny-Lessenot ◽  
Pierre Gaudebout ◽  
Brigitte Bosio Le Goux ◽  
Patrick Klein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Care-seeking behaviour and socio-economic burden associated with uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Kalenda Kayiba ◽  
Doudou Malekita Yobi ◽  
Brecht Devleesschauwer ◽  
Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi ◽  
Pius Zakayi Kabututu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Uncomplicated Malaria ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Background This study aimed to estimate the socio-economic costs of uncomplicated malaria and to explore health care-seeking behaviours that are likely to influence these costs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country ranked worldwide as the second most affected by malaria. Methods In 2017, a cross-sectional survey included patients with uncomplicated malaria in 64 healthcare facilities from 10 sentinel sites of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in the DRC. A standard questionnaire was used to assess health care-seeking behaviours of patients. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) and disutility weights (DW) of illness were evaluated by using the EuroQol Group’s descriptive system (EQ-5D-3L) and its visual analogue scale (EQ VAS). Malaria costs were estimated from a patient’s perspective. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA) evaluated the uncertainty around the cost estimates. Generalized regression models were fitted to assess the effect of potential predictive factors on the time lost and the DW during illness. Results In total, 1080 patients (age: 13.1 ± 14 years; M/F ratio: 1.1) were included. The average total costs amounted to US$ 36.3 [95% CI 35.5–37.2] per malaria episode, including US$ 16.7 [95% CI 16.3–17.1] as direct costs and US$ 19.6 [95% CI 18.9–20.3] indirect costs. During care seeking, economically active patients and their relatives lost respectively 3.3 ± 1.8 and 3.4 ± 2.1 working days. This time loss occurred mostly at the pre-hospital stage and was the parameter associated the most with the uncertainty around malaria cost estimates. Patients self-rated an average 0.36 ± 0.2 DW and an average 0.62 ± 0.3 EQ-5D index score per episode. A lack of health insurance coverage (896 out of 1080; 82.9%) incurred substantially higher costs, lower quality of life, and heavier DW while leading to longer time lost during illness. Residing in rural areas incurred a disproportionally higher socioeconomic burden of uncomplicated malaria with longer time lost due to illness and limited access to health insurance mechanisms. Conclusion Uncomplicated malaria is associated with high economic costs of care in the DRC. Efforts to reduce the cost-of-illness should target time lost at the pre-hospital stage and social disparities in the population, while reinforcing measures for malaria control in the country.

Health care seeking behaviors for sick children: time span for seeking health care

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Fulya Akpak ◽  
Nuri Seha Yüksel ◽  
Ayşegül Kabanlı ◽  
Tolga Günvar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Sick Children ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviors
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