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Prevalence and Determinants of Appropriate Health Seeking Behaviour among Known Diabetics: Results from a Community-Based Survey

机译:已知糖尿病患者中适当的健康寻求行为的患病率和决定因素:基于社区的调查结果

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Introduction. Living with diabetes requires patients to have good self-monitoring of their disease and treatment. Appropriate health seeking behavior is important to minimize complications and improve quality of life.Methodology. A community-based, cross-sectional study of disease events and experiences from diagnosis to the time of study was conducted among 460 known diabetics in Tanjong Karang district. The aim of this study was to describe the current pattern of health seeking behavior and its determinants among rural communities. Appropriate diabetic health services utilization was defined as using modern treatment either through oral hypoglycemics or insulin injections, obtained from either a public or private health facility.Result. 85.9% of respondents reported having appropriate health seeking behaviour at the time of the house-to-house community survey. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that appropriate health seeking behaviour was significantly associated with age of respondent, presence of comorbidity, family history of diabetes, distance from health facilities, perceived family support, and history of early treatment seeking at diagnosis and duration of disease.Conclusion. The present population has better appropriate health seeking behavior and provision of knowledge with strong family support in diabetic care which are important in control and prevention of diabetic complication that need to be emphasized.
机译:介绍。患有糖尿病需要患者对自己的疾病和治疗进行良好的自我监控。适当的寻求健康行为对于最大程度地减少并发症和改善生活质量很重要。在Tanjong Karang地区,对460名已知的糖尿病患者进行了以社区为基础的横断面研究,包括疾病的诊断和诊断时间。这项研究的目的是描述农村社区中寻求健康行为的当前模式及其决定因素。适当地利用糖尿病医疗服务的定义是通过从公共或私人医疗机构获得的口服降糖药或注射胰岛素来进行现代治疗。 85.9%的受访者表示,在进行逐户社区调查时,他们具有适当的寻求健康的行为。多元logistic回归分析显示,适当的寻求健康行为与应答者的年龄,合并症的存在,糖尿病的家族病史,与医疗机构的距离,可感知的家庭支持以及在疾病诊断和病程中寻求早期治疗的历史显着相关。 。当前的人群在糖尿病护理中具有更好的适当健康寻求行为,并在家庭保健方面提供了有力的知识支持,这对于控制和预防糖尿病并发症很重要,需要强调。

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