| Autor: |
N. J. A. Obiechina, E. N. Monago, Onyecherelam M. Ogelle, Joseph O. Ugboaja |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Tropical Journal of Medical Research; Vol 13, No 1 (2009) |
| ISSN: |
1119-0388 |
| Popis: |
Background Determining the Health seeking behaviour of a community is necessary to identify areas of delay, miscoceptions and therefore plan for effective interventions. Objective : To determine the health seeking behaviour of women presenting with gynaecological complaints Study design /setting : A prospective cross sectional study involving women who presented with selected gynaecological complaints over a 2- year period at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Nigeria. Subjects and methods: All women who presented with common gynaecological complaints and consented to the study were interviewed with semi-structured questionnaire. Information obtained were biodata and the places or modalities of treatment accessed before presentation. Result : Most of the patients (51.9%) were in the 3rd decade of life and majority of them were nulliparous (61.7%) and married (56.8%). Among the 920 women studied, 680(73.9%) of them had received treatment else where before presenting at our hospital. Herbal home (34.5%) was the major place of treatment outside a formal health institution. Other places visited for treatment were pharmacy stores (18.0%), prayer houses (7.8%) and the medical laboratories (6.5%). 19.9% of the patients indulged in self medication with drugs obtained from the chemist stores. Only 9.5% visited a hospital for treatment before presenting to us. With respect to preferences for treatment, most patients with infertility visited the herbal homes (48.7%) while the majority of patients with vaginal discharge (78.5%) and dysmenorrhea (70.2%) indulge in self medication. The majority of patients with post menopausal bleeding (65.1%) and irregular menstruation (72.9%) presented to us without visiting any other place bfore the presentation. |
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