The tale of seeking treatment: A qualitative study of pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Suhariadi, Fendy
Zein, Rizqy Amelia
Alfian, Ilham Nur
Hadi, Cholichul
Abstract / Description
Aim: The aims of the study were unravelling patients’ health-seeking behaviour pathways to seek medication in healthcare facilities and key factors that determined patients’ immediacy in seeking medical treatment. Method: By involving 5 pulmonary TB patients who were undertaking treatment at Pegirian Primary Health Centre, Surabaya, Indonesia, the research was carried out using an explorative qualitative research design, and the chosen data collection technique was semi-structured interview. Results: The research findings demonstrated that all participants showed five rather similar health-seeking behaviour sequences, such as: (a) defining symptoms; (b) asking laypeople opinions on symptoms; (c) undertaking non-medical treatment to reduce the symptoms; (d) taking laypeople’s suggestions to visit healthcare facilities into consideration; (e) deciding to undergo treatment process. Several barriers that caused treatment delay were inaccurate symptom definition and poor health-related risk perception. Meanwhile, reinforcing factors were relatives’ appeal to seek treatment, the existence of comorbid/previous diseases, access to healthcare facilities, and increasing perceived severity of the symptoms. Conclusion: Research findings showed that participants performed similar health-seeking pathways. Hindering factors that caused treatment delay were mostly related to cultural-based illness definition and knowledge. Research findings would be potentially beneficial to local primary healthcare for designing interventions that encourage patients to seek professional help and reduce treatment delay.
Keyword(s)
determinant factors health-seeking behaviour pulmonary tuberculosisPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-12-15
Journal title
Psychology, Community & Health
Volume
5
Issue
3
Page numbers
229–243
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Suhariadi, F., Zein, R. A., Alfian, I. N., & Hadi, C. (2016). The tale of seeking treatment: A qualitative study of pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Psychology, Community & Health, 5(3), 229–243. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v5i3.152
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Suhariadi, Fendy
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Zein, Rizqy Amelia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Alfian, Ilham Nur
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hadi, Cholichul
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Date of first publication2016-12-15
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Abstract / DescriptionAim: The aims of the study were unravelling patients’ health-seeking behaviour pathways to seek medication in healthcare facilities and key factors that determined patients’ immediacy in seeking medical treatment. Method: By involving 5 pulmonary TB patients who were undertaking treatment at Pegirian Primary Health Centre, Surabaya, Indonesia, the research was carried out using an explorative qualitative research design, and the chosen data collection technique was semi-structured interview. Results: The research findings demonstrated that all participants showed five rather similar health-seeking behaviour sequences, such as: (a) defining symptoms; (b) asking laypeople opinions on symptoms; (c) undertaking non-medical treatment to reduce the symptoms; (d) taking laypeople’s suggestions to visit healthcare facilities into consideration; (e) deciding to undergo treatment process. Several barriers that caused treatment delay were inaccurate symptom definition and poor health-related risk perception. Meanwhile, reinforcing factors were relatives’ appeal to seek treatment, the existence of comorbid/previous diseases, access to healthcare facilities, and increasing perceived severity of the symptoms. Conclusion: Research findings showed that participants performed similar health-seeking pathways. Hindering factors that caused treatment delay were mostly related to cultural-based illness definition and knowledge. Research findings would be potentially beneficial to local primary healthcare for designing interventions that encourage patients to seek professional help and reduce treatment delay.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationSuhariadi, F., Zein, R. A., Alfian, I. N., & Hadi, C. (2016). The tale of seeking treatment: A qualitative study of pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Psychology, Community & Health, 5(3), 229–243. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v5i3.152en_US
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ISSN2182-438X
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1934
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2300
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v5i3.152
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Keyword(s)determinant factorsen_US
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Keyword(s)health-seeking behaviouren_US
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Keyword(s)pulmonary tuberculosisen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe tale of seeking treatment: A qualitative study of pulmonary tuberculosis patientsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titlePsychology, Community & Health
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Page numbers229–243
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Volume5
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