Health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 infection

Tian, Sijia; Li, Dou; Lou, Jing; Niu, Shaohua; Lian, Huixin; Kang, Xuqin; Zhang, Luxi; Jin-jun, Zhang

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-23027/v1

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“…A total of 125 participants' health-seeking behaviours, among those who tested positive for COVID-19, were impacted by the pandemic in the current study. This is comparable to the study by Tian et al, which found that patients' health-seeking behaviours were greatly impacted by their prior interactions with COVID-19 patients [ 17 ]. These patients continue to experience significant physical and psychological problems even after being discharged.…”

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confidence: 87%

Health-Seeking Behaviour and Its Determinants Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rizwan Khan,

Aziz Rana,

Naqvi

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the change in behaviour of individuals towards any health issues they faced after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to compare the health-seeking behaviour of people who were infected by the virus and those who were not infected. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 participants visiting Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan. Data was collected through a pilot-tested questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0 (Released 2019; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States). Results: In 286 participants (71.6%), health-seeking behaviours were significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, this research showed that COVID-19 was linked to poor health-seeking behaviour. Conclusion: Most of the participants’ health-seeking behaviours were significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant change in how people behaved towards any health problem was reported. As a result, public awareness campaigns should focus on delivering more information about COVID-19 to promote their health-seeking behaviour.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Health-Seeking Behaviour and Its Determinants Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rizwan Khan,

Aziz Rana,

Naqvi

et al. 2024

Cureus

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“…in Beijing, China. [ 17 ] The reason for less time taken for seeking treatment can be attributed to increase sensitization of people regarding COVID-19 by that point of time in India. Confirmation of diagnosis is most important milestone for isolation and treatment of patient.…”

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confidence: 99%

Initial experiences regarding COVID19 mortality in Punjab-A mixed method analysis

Chaudhary

Bansal

Gupta

et al. 2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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Context: The spread of COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge to health care organizations and unprecedented need for information. This study aims to identify possible factors causing delay and losing precious time during diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 at home and health facility level. It also aims to highlight perceptions and experiences of family members of deceased regarding diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 infection in hospital. Methods: A retrospective study was done to review COVID-19 deaths from 18 th March to 5 th June 2020 in Punjab, India. A total of 48 laboratory confirmed (RT-PCR) COVID-19 deaths were reported during this period. Socio demographic profile, sequence of events including clinical symptoms, medical aid taken, time of confirmation of diagnosis and treatment before death were noted from the records on a predesigned proforma. Family members of deceased were also interviewed and asked open-ended questions regarding their experiences at various health facilities. Descriptive statistics was presented in percentages, mean, and median. Results: Mean age of subjects was 56.3 ± 18.3 years. Majority (82.2%) had three or more than three comorbidities. Median time from appearance of first symptom to first medical contact and confirmation of diagnosis was 1 and 5 days, respectively. On the basis of interview with deceased's relative, various themes like delay in diagnosis and treatment, dissatisfied with hospital system and lack of communication between relative and patient were generated. Conclusion: Presence of comorbidities was the most important risk factor. Health seeking behavior of patients immediately after appearance of symptoms was found to be satisfactory.

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“…Like other epidemic diseases, people expect to know what measures can be taken to prevent and treat this virus. Since no specific control has yet been discovered for the prevention and treatment of this disease, early diagnosis and rapid treatment of this disease is necessary because not only does the patient become involved in the disease, but also the risk of infection transmission and disease outbreak significantly can increase (2). Therefore, the need for selfcare and self-control to preclude the prevalence of this disease is of great importance.…”

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The Role of Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Narrative Review

Shoaei¹,

Dastani²

2021

HTAA

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In late 2019, the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spread around the world. Due to this incident, the use of social networks has increased among people. The present narrative review aimed to investigate the studies conducted on the subject of social media and COVID-19 in the Web of Science database. The investigations show that social media has been used to share viewpoints, health care, and distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, using social media can be a valuable means for the governments and experts to prevent the spread of this epidemic and even in similar future crises.

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Health-seeking behavior of patients with COVID-19 infection

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Health-Seeking Behaviour and Its Determinants Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health-Seeking Behaviour and Its Determinants Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Initial experiences regarding COVID19 mortality in Punjab-A mixed method analysis

The Role of Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Narrative Review

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