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Relation of gender education and health seeking behaviour of the general population regarding psychiatric illness

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Title: Relation of gender education and health seeking behaviour of the general population regarding psychiatric illness

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2006

Volume: 56

Issue: 9

Language: English

Categories
Health Seeking Behavior (9) Sociology (44910) Gender Studies (8916) Public Health (41589) Psychiatry (4152)

Abstract

Abstract


he aim of this study is to find out the health seeking behaviour of mentally ill patients in Karachi. This is a cross sectional survey of two hundred adults who were selected from five districts of Karachi on the basis of convenient sampling. A questionnaire was used to inquire about mental illness. SPSS version 11 was used for statistical analysis. Out of the total 200 sampled, 96 were to have some mental illness (53 males and 43 females). No significant difference found in the health seeking behaviour of males and females (p>0.05). Education had a significant effect on the health seeking behaviour (p

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