Health care seeking behaviour of patients with sexually transmitted diseases: determinants of delay behaviour
Health care seeking behaviour of patients with sexually transmitted diseases: determinants of delay behaviour
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DOI：
10.1016/s0738-3991(99)00103-2
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发表时间：
2000-10-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Pietersen, J
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作者：
Meyer-Weitz, A;Reddy, P;Pietersen, J
该研究的目的是确定与性传播疾病（STD）的症状，在寻求医疗保健之间的1482名患者的样本中的延迟相关的因素。在样本中，78%是男性，58%在注意到症状的前6天内向诊所寻求帮助，24%等待7至10天，17%等待10天以上才寻求医疗保健。拖延的患者是那些在寻求医疗保健之前自己治疗的人，女性，其朋友在寻求治疗之前等待，对性病的原因有误解，认为性病不严重，在性行为中重视个人自主权，拒绝性行为的积极结果预期较少。数据表明，有针对性的干预措施应专门针对妇女和青年。通过提高对性传播疾病的基本知识、控制自己的性行为和社会对早期寻求保健的支持，可以促进早期寻求保健。(C)2000爱思唯尔科学爱尔兰有限公司保留所有权利。
The study aimed to determine the factors associated with a delay in seeking health care for symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among a sample of 1482 patients attending STD clinics. Of the sample 78% were male, 58% sought help from the clinic within the first 6 days of noticing symptoms, 24% waited between 7 and 10 days and 17% waited longer than 10 days before seeking health care. Patients who delayed were those who treated themselves prior to seeking health care, who were female, whose friends waited before seeking treatment, who held misconceptions regarding the cause of STDs, who perceived STDs not to be serious and who valued personal autonomy in sexual behaviours less and had less positive outcome expectations of refusing sex. The data suggest that targeted interventions should be directed specifically at women and the youth. Early health care seeking could be facilitated through improved basic knowledge regarding STDs, control over one's own sexual behaviour and social support for early health care seeking. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.