Health seeking behavior of stroke patients: Experience from a tertiary care centre of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Shamim Miah
  • Pradip Sen Gupta
  • Mosaraf Hossain
  • Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury
  • Md. Julker Nayan
  • Syed Shakawat Hossain

Keywords:

Health seeking behavior, Stroke.

Abstract

Objective: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the health seeking behavior of stroke patients and their associates as well as to identify the barriers of service intervention.

Methodology: The study was done at Occupational Therapy Department of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP), Dhaka, Bangladesh. A purposive sampling technique and pre-tested structured questionnaire were used for data collection. Face-to-face interviews were taken from 133 respondents obtaining informed consent.

Results: Majority (74.4%) of the patients took treatment from medical graduates and rest from village doctors (10.5 %) and traditional healers (15.0%). 51.1% patients knew about stroke from hospital whereas 14.3% from Kobiraj/Homeopath and 14.3% from their own experiences. Majority (85.7 %) patients knew about the importance of initial treatment and 50.4% respondents had knowledge of better treatment facilities whereas 49.6% didn

Published

2012-03-19

How to Cite

Miah, S., Gupta, P. S., Hossain, M., Chowdhury, F. R., Nayan, M. J., & Hossain, S. S. (2012). Health seeking behavior of stroke patients: Experience from a tertiary care centre of Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 28(3). Retrieved from https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/17380

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2012): April - June 2012 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles