Open AccessPatterns and determinants of healthcare-seeking behavior among hypertensive patients in a rural population of north India: A mixed-method study
Author(s) -
Shubham Gupta,
Amrit Virk,
Anshu Mittal,
B K Agarwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_200_20
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , disease , qualitative research , rural area , population , family medicine , descriptive statistics , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , pathology , paleontology , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economics , biology , economic growth
The prevalence of hypertension in india over the last 30 years is known to have increased rapidly. Hypertension is a chronic disease that needs to be managed within its sociological context as experienced by individuals. This study was conducted to identify the quantitative and qualitative determinants of healthcare-seeking behavior among hypertensive individuals in a rural population of north india.