دورية أكاديمية
Healthcare-seeking behavior for infectious diseases in a community in Bangladesh
| العنوان: | Healthcare-seeking behavior for infectious diseases in a community in Bangladesh |
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| المؤلفون: | Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, Jannatul Ferdous Ani, Bithika Rani, Shafaet Jamil Apon, Fahmida Rashid, Tanjil Islam Yead, Musammet Rasheda Begum, Sukanta Chowdhury |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 52-56 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Bangladesh, community, healthcare-seeking behavior, infectious diseases, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background: Healthcare-seeking behavior is associated with the severity of infectious diseases, particularly in low-income countries. We need better understanding about the current healthcare-seeking behavior of rural people in low-resource settings. This study aimed to describe the healthcare-seeking behavior of rural people for infectious diseases and identify the associated factors. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a rural community in Bangladesh. We interviewed a total of 450 persons to collect data on demographics, household income, household expenditure, and healthcare-seeking behavior. We performed a descriptive analysis to summarize the demographic characteristics and multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify the association between healthcare-seeking behavior and variables of interest. Results: Among the study participants, 42% went to the health facilities, 30% went to the pharmacy, 14% went to the nonregistered doctors, 1% went to the traditional healers, 1% went to the spiritual healer, and 2% took self-treatment. Proximity of the health-care facilities (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.97, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55–2.49) and number of clinical symptoms (PR 1.23, 95% CI: 1–1.52) were significantly associated with the care-seeking behavior. Conclusions: Healthcare-seeking behavior for infectious diseases among rural people in Bangladesh was poor. Information obtained from this study could be useful to develop, design, and improve health-care systems in low-resource settings. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2349-4220 2350-0298 |
| Relation: | http://www.ijamhrjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2349-4220;year=2018;volume=5;issue=2;spage=52;epage=56;aulast=Khan; https://doaj.org/toc/2349-4220; https://doaj.org/toc/2350-0298 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/IJAMR.IJAMR_38_18 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/f7382eaeed594c86bff051ab835b7511 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.f7382eaeed594c86bff051ab835b7511 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23494220 23500298 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/IJAMR.IJAMR_38_18 |