Treatment Seeking in Reproductive Age Women with RTIs/STIs : A Community based Cross-sectional Study.
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2011-03
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The socio-cultural and economic contexts in developing countries
influence the epidemiology or STls and helps in making them an
important public health priority. This study was carried out to explore
the health care seeking pathway of the women suffering from RTls/STls.
influence or major socio-demographic variables on treatment seeking
pattern. This cross sectional study was carried out comprising or eight
hundred reproductive age (15-49 years) women selected following a
multistage sampling procedure. The information pertaining to health
seeking behaviour were collected from them using a pre-designed pretested
interview schedule. Quantum of RTls/STls in the study group was
estimated and symptomatics were asked specially about time lag
between appearance of symptoms and seeking acre; reason for not
seeking care; outcome of treatment they have taken if any. Out of total
359 subjects with symptoms of RTls/STls only about one-third (37.3%)
had sought treatment. Only a few (4.5%) had sought treatment within
1 month of appearance of symptoms. Considering it to be physiological
about half of the subjects (45.3%) did not seek treatment. The treatment
seeking pattern was highly associated with the level of education
(p=0.000). Reluctance in seeking treatment, delay in its initiation,
prelerencc for unqualified practitioners in first consultation and
significant association between education and treatment seeking pattern
emphasize BCC and service provision for control and prevention of
RTls/STls.
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Treatment seeking, RTls/STls, Reproductive age women
Citation
Hussain M A, Mishra R, Kansal S, Mishra C P, Jha S K, Hasan H. Treatment Seeking in Reproductive Age Women with RTIs/STIs : A Community based Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2011 Mar; 43(1): 39-49.