Pranjl Sharma, S. Singh, A. Chaudhary, A. Kaur, Dr. Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Mahesh Satija, V. Gupta, Priya Bansal, Aman Bansal, Heema Kashyap
{"title":"印度北部三级护理医院第二波新冠肺炎住院患者的就医行为","authors":"Pranjl Sharma, S. Singh, A. Chaudhary, A. Kaur, Dr. Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Mahesh Satija, V. Gupta, Priya Bansal, Aman Bansal, Heema Kashyap","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues its deadly reign all over the world. Devising effective strategies for detecting and controlling the infection has become ever more critical. Effective prevention and control of the pandemic is entirely dependent on human behavior in terms of practicing preventive and curative measures. During the second wave of COVID-19, people’s perceptions of preventive and curative measures changed.\nObjective: To study healthcare-seeking behavior of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.\nMethods: Hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 in the month of March, April and May of 2021 were included in the study. Their attendants/close relatives were contacted telephonically to know about the admitted patients’ healthcare-seeking behavior. Verbal consent was taken from attendants before the commencement of the interview, followed by informing them about the purpose of the interview.\nResults: Amongst the subjects, there were more males than females (67.5 vs 32.4%), age ranged between 18 to 88 with a mean value of 56.61 ± 14.7 years. Self-medication was significantly associated with study subjects’ mortality (p=0.03). Conclusion: Elderly people were having higher mortality rate than their younger counterparts. People were hesitant to visit primary care physicians after having symptoms of COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India\",\"authors\":\"Pranjl Sharma, S. Singh, A. Chaudhary, A. Kaur, Dr. Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Mahesh Satija, V. Gupta, Priya Bansal, Aman Bansal, Heema Kashyap\",\"doi\":\"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Background: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues its deadly reign all over the world. Devising effective strategies for detecting and controlling the infection has become ever more critical. Effective prevention and control of the pandemic is entirely dependent on human behavior in terms of practicing preventive and curative measures. During the second wave of COVID-19, people’s perceptions of preventive and curative measures changed.\\nObjective: To study healthcare-seeking behavior of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.\\nMethods: Hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 in the month of March, April and May of 2021 were included in the study. Their attendants/close relatives were contacted telephonically to know about the admitted patients’ healthcare-seeking behavior. Verbal consent was taken from attendants before the commencement of the interview, followed by informing them about the purpose of the interview.\\nResults: Amongst the subjects, there were more males than females (67.5 vs 32.4%), age ranged between 18 to 88 with a mean value of 56.61 ± 14.7 years. Self-medication was significantly associated with study subjects’ mortality (p=0.03). Conclusion: Elderly people were having higher mortality rate than their younger counterparts. People were hesitant to visit primary care physicians after having symptoms of COVID-19.\",\"PeriodicalId\":13363,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Indian Journal of Community Health\",\"volume\":null,\"pages\":null},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.2000,\"publicationDate\":\"2023-03-31\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Indian Journal of Community Health\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q4\",\"JCRName\":\"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Community Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
摘要
背景:冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行继续在全球范围内肆虐。为发现和控制感染制定有效的战略已变得越来越重要。有效预防和控制这种流行病完全取决于人类在采取预防和治疗措施方面的行为。在第二波疫情期间,人们对预防和治疗措施的看法发生了变化。目的:了解新型冠状病毒肺炎住院患者的就医行为。方法:选取2021年3月、4月、5月因COVID-19住院的患者为研究对象。通过电话联系他们的护理人员/近亲属,了解入院患者的就医行为。在采访开始前,我们先获得了在场人员的口头同意,然后告知他们采访的目的。结果:男性多于女性(67.5 vs 32.4%),年龄18 ~ 88岁,平均56.61±14.7岁。自我用药与研究对象的死亡率显著相关(p=0.03)。结论:老年人的死亡率高于年轻人。人们在出现COVID-19症状后,对去看初级保健医生犹豫不决。
Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India
Background: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues its deadly reign all over the world. Devising effective strategies for detecting and controlling the infection has become ever more critical. Effective prevention and control of the pandemic is entirely dependent on human behavior in terms of practicing preventive and curative measures. During the second wave of COVID-19, people’s perceptions of preventive and curative measures changed.
Objective: To study healthcare-seeking behavior of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Methods: Hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 in the month of March, April and May of 2021 were included in the study. Their attendants/close relatives were contacted telephonically to know about the admitted patients’ healthcare-seeking behavior. Verbal consent was taken from attendants before the commencement of the interview, followed by informing them about the purpose of the interview.
Results: Amongst the subjects, there were more males than females (67.5 vs 32.4%), age ranged between 18 to 88 with a mean value of 56.61 ± 14.7 years. Self-medication was significantly associated with study subjects’ mortality (p=0.03). Conclusion: Elderly people were having higher mortality rate than their younger counterparts. People were hesitant to visit primary care physicians after having symptoms of COVID-19.