Study on health seeking behaviour and compliance to treatment of women doctors
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Objectives: 1. To study the health seeking behaviour and compliance to treatment of women doctors 2. To study factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviour of women doctors. 2. To study the factors influencing the compliance of treatment of women doctors Study Design: cross sectional study. Setting and Participants: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among women doctors at the S.V. Medical College attached teaching hospitals, chittoor district (A.P), India. A structured questionnaire was used to get information from Women doctors on their self-reported health seeking habits. All women doctors between 25-50 years age were supplied with questionnaire but only 160 responded. Data were collected during March, to June 2015. Main Outcome Measures: Doctors self-treatment attitudes and compliance to treatment. Results: 160 doctors responded. 87.5% believed that acute conditions can be treated with self treatment. The major factors considered by the respondents in choosing their consultant were the specialty of the consultant,(32.2%); the doctor being in the same unit with them (48.5%), and friendship 26.6%. 60% of women doctors not completed treatment because of 1.improvement of the condition 2.due to side effects (13% )3.other causes (26.25%). Only 40%of women doctors completed treatment. 62% of participants graded themselves as bad patients, and 5% of graded themselves as very bad patients and only 32% of doctors graded them as good patients. Conclusion: High rates of self-prescribing practices and low rates compliances of women doctors warrant in-depth studies in this area. Role of gender in this aspect needs further exploration
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Prameela Devi G. , Padma D. , chandrasekharan P. A. , Parthasarathy Reddy G.
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