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Archive | ISSUE: 113, Volume: Jan-Mar-2024

PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOURS AMONG STAFF MEMBERS IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN BAYELSA STATE


Author:Oguche O.I, Davids K.I, Sample T.I , Ekeria O, Adesina A.D

published date:2024-Apr-08

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Abstract

Background: The human resource for health forms the fulcrum of any health system for delivering quality healthcare. Having a healthy human resource for health should invariably translate to an improved overall health system. This study assessed the level and factors influencing healthcare seeking behaviour of staff in a tertiary hospital.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in November 2021. A pretested, semi-structured, selfadministered questionnaire adapted from previous studies was used to collect data from respondents. Data was analysed using IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 24.0.

Results: Of the 300 participants selected for the study, 288 completed the questionnaires, giving a response rate of 96%. The mean age of the respondents was 41.5± 7.8 years. The male to female ratio was 1:1.8; male 36.1%, and female 63.9%, one-third (31.3%) being nurses followed by Doctors (14.2%). Factors that resist health workers from seeking health care were long waiting time and delays (52.4%), workload and no spare time (24.3%), huge financial cost (20.5%), fear of confidentiality (19.1%). Prevalence of good health seeking behaviour was 19.4%. Poor health seeking behaviour was statistically associated with the profession (p=0.003), not always seeing a doctor when ill (p=0.001), self-medication, believing that self-medication was helpful, and believing that knowledge as a health worker was enough to treat self. (p=0.000).

Conclusion: The health seeking behaviour amongst the healthcare providers was poor. Self-medication was high and most HealthCare Workers altered their prescription. Policies and measures should be instituted to restrict the tendency to selfmedicate.

Keywords: Health seeking behaviour, Healthcare provider, Tertiary hospital, Bayelsa,

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