Health-seeking behaviour of STD patients in an urban area of southwest Nigeria: an exploratory study.
Health-seeking behaviour of STD patients in an urban area of southwest Nigeria: an exploratory study.
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尼日利亚西南部城市地区性病患者的求医行为：一项探索性研究。
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1997
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F. Oguntimehin
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E. O. Akinnawo;F. Oguntimehin
Ado-Ekiti卫生机构的性传播疾病患者回答了关于性病治疗质量的问卷；五分之四的机构是私人所有的。淋病和梅毒是受访者报告并由卫生保健提供者治疗的主要性传播疾病。其他类型包括念珠菌、排尿困难、性淋巴肉芽肿、软下巴、滴虫病和与性传播疾病有关的问题。受访者注意到的症状是疼痛、烧灼感、分泌物、瘙痒和开放性溃疡。大多数人在注意到这些症状后的七天内寻求治疗。大多数人在来到卫生机构接受采访之前向其他卫生服务提供者寻求治疗。受访者在寻找治疗方法的过程中得到了现代医生的帮助，但在大多数情况下，只是通过体检，因为实验室设施不存在或不充分。治疗以化疗为主，使用抗生素和止痛药。除了化疗外，医疗服务提供者还为患者提供咨询。大多数受访者表示，他们对治疗质量感到满意。对结果进行了讨论，并提出了建议。
Sexually transmitted disease patients of health institutions in Ado-Ekiti responded to questionnaires on the quality of STDs treatment; four-fifths of the institutions are privately owned. Gonorrhoea and syphilis are the major STDs reported by the respondents and treated by the health-care providers. Other types are candida, dysuria, lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid, trichomoniasis and STD-related problems. The symptoms noticed by the respondents are pain, burning sensation, discharges, itching and open sores. Most sought treatment within seven days of noticing the symptoms. Most sought treatment from other health providers before coming to the health institutions where they were interviewed. Respondents were attended by modern doctors during their search for a cure, but in most cases, only by physical examination because laboratory facilities were non-existent or inadequate. Treatment was mainly chemotherapy, involving antibiotics and analgesics. In addition to chemotherapy, the health providers counselled the patients. Most respondents reported that they were satisfied with the quality of treatment. Results are discussed and recommendations are made.