Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, SPen_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorGirdhar, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorSatija, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, VKen_US
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorKashyap, H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:12:08Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCollege of Nursing, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine DMC & H, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSharma P, Singh SP, Chaudhary A, Kaur A, Sharma S, Girdhar S, Satija M, Gupta VK, Bansal P, Bansal A, Kashyap H.. Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2023 Mar; 35(1): 103 – 108en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222012
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume35en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2023.v35i01.019en_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectMaleen_US
dc.subjectFemaleen_US
dc.subjectAgeden_US
dc.subjectAdolescenten_US
dc.subjectYoung Adulten_US
dc.subjectAdulten_US
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject80 and overen_US
dc.subjectPandemicsen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectPatient Acceptance of Health Careen_US
dc.subjectPhysiciansen_US
dc.subjectInformed Consenten_US
dc.titleHealthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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