HEALTH CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG NEWLY DIAGNOSED HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS CASES IN RAWALPINDI

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the health care seeking behaviour and its association with socio-demographic factors among newly diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency virus infection patients. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in a regio...

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Published in:Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2020-10, Vol.70 (5), p.1522-1527
Main Authors: Mommana Ali Rathore, Rashid, Zubaida, Mashhadi, Syed Fawad, Muhammad Ali Rathore, Sharif, Imtenan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Age
AIDS
Blood & organ donations
Developing countries
Disease transmission
Education
Gender
Global health
health care seeking
health care seeking behaviour
HIV
Human behavior
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Marital status
Questionnaires
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the health care seeking behaviour and its association with socio-demographic factors among newly diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency virus infection patients. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in a regional blood centre and an Institute of Pathology affiliated with National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) in Rawalpindi, from Feb 2019 to Oct 2019. Methodology: A pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data from thirty newly diagnosed (within last one year) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (HIV) patients, using consecutive sampling. Age, education, socioeconomic score (SES), family size, income and months living with HIV were divided into groups for analysis. Chi square test was applied to determine association between these variables and health care seeking behaviour. Data was analysed using SPSS version 22. A p-value of 0.05) was found between these independent variables and overall health care seeking behaviour. Conclusions: Health care seeking behaviour of newly diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected patients was moderately appropriate and no significant association was found between sociodemographic variables and health care seeking behaviour.
ISSN:0030-9648
2411-8842