Document Type
Article
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Background: Health seeking behaviour refers to the behaviour of people towards seeking their own health through provided health services. The medical professionals are at a higher risk of avoiding health seeking behaviour because they believe they are aware of the diseases and their symptoms as well as the pharmaceutical management of the disease. The aim of this study was to understand the healthcare seeking behaviour of nurses and doctors as well as the factors affecting it in hospitals of a major city in a developing country. Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed and a self-report questionnaire was distributed to healthcare workers at four tertiary care hospitals from July, 2012 to December, 2014. A total of 1015 participants responded. There were 234 (23%) doctors, 664 (65%) nurses, 60 (6%) ....BOTH GROUPS.
Publication (Name of Journal)
JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD
Recommended Citation
Bana,, S.,
Yakoob, j.,
Jivany, N.,
Faisal, A.,
Jawed, H.,
Awan, S.
(2016). UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS IN PAKISTAN. JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD, 28(3), 545-549.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_med_gastroenterol/115