Treatment-seeking behaviour among 15-49-year-olds with self-reported heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes: a national cross-sectional study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eighty per cent of India´s non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality is due to four conditions: heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes, which are primarily cause-amenable through treatment. Based on Andersen's behavioural model of health services use, the current study aimed to identify the predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with treatment-seeking status among people self-reporting the four main NCDs in India.

Methods

Cross-sectional study using secondary data. Usual residents aged 15-49 who self-reported cancer (n = 1 056), chronic respiratory disease (n = 10 534), diabetes (n = 13 501), and/or heart disease (n = 5 861) during the fifth National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21, were included. Treatment-seeking

SUBMITTER: Netterstrom-Wedin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631191 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature