ArticleCureus2024
Health-Seeking Behaviour and Its Determinants Following the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Changes to Endemic Respiratory Virus Circulation and Testing Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- From disruption to preparedness: Insights on public healthcare-seeking behavior in Saudi Arabia amid Coronavirus Disease 2019.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
- An account of the healthcare-seeking behavior of the public in response to a healthcare emergency (coronavirus disease 2019): The Saudi community experience.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the change in behaviour of individuals towards any health issues they faced after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to compare the health-seeking behaviour of people who were infected by the virus and those who were not infected.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 participants visiting Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan. Data was collected through a pilot-tested questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0 (Released 2019; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States).
resultsIn 286 participants (71.6%), health-seeking behaviours were significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, this research showed that COVID-19 was linked to poor health-seeking behaviour.
conclusionMost of the participants' health-seeking behaviours were significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant change in how people behaved towards any health problem was reported. As a result, public awareness campaigns should focus on delivering more information about COVID-19 to promote their health-seeking behaviour.
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