In recent years it has become fashionable to call a person seeking health care a client instead of a patient. Some consider that this is part of the change in nursing, from the old military model that Florence Nightingale was acquainted with to the new consumer model. Nurses are also finding themselves in the position of acting as advocates for the care-seeking person. For me, none of these mod...

OBJECTIVE To determine the health care seeking behavior of TB patients in seeking care and health care providers for delivering care. DESIGN Cross sectional descriptive survey. The interviewers administered a standardized open-ended questionnaire after training and pre-testing. SETTING Federal Government TB Center, Rawalpindi. (specialized TB clinic). SUBJECT One hundred and sixty newly r...

AIM To analyze predictors of healthcare-seeking behavior among Chinese patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and their satisfaction with medical care. METHODS Participating patients met IBS Rome III criteria (excluding those with organic diseases) and were enrolled in an IBS database in a tertiary university hospital. Participants completed IBS questionnaires in face-to-face interviews...

BACKGROUND South Asian studies, including those from Nepal, have documented increased risk of neonatal mortality among girls, despite their early biologic survival advantage. We examined sex differences in neonatal morbidity and care-seeking behavior to determine whether such differences could help explain previously observed excess late neonatal mortality among girls in Nepal. METHODS A seco...

The pilot study reported here applies content analysis techniques to twenty interviews carried out in preparation for mediated searches as part of the 'Uncertainty in Information Seeking' project. The tools used in the analysis (Atlas.ti and TEXTStat) are described and their contribution assessed. TEXTStat, a free program, was used to produce frequency counts of the words used in the interview ...

BACKGROUND Sexual and health-seeking behaviors are important components of sexually transmitted disease (STD) control. GOALS To generate data for improved STD prevention and care, and to assess sexual behavior and relevant health-seeking behavior. STUDY DESIGN A questionnaire to elicit social, demographic, healthcare-seeking, and sexual behavior information was administered to 471 patients ...

Adolescents pregnant mothers can potentially have a problem related to their immature physics and psychology. Their health-care-seeking practice is essential ensure that adolescent receive adequate care during pregnancy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, online media should be perceived as an alternative way help adolescents seek This study aimed explore experiences of who had practiced health-care...

Little is known about maternal near-miss (MNM) due to unsafe abortion in Nigeria. We used the WHO criteria to identify near-miss events and the proportion due to unsafe abortion among women of childbearing age in eight large secondary and tertiary hospitals across the six geo-political zones. We also explored the characteristics of women with these events, delays in seeking care and the short-t...