FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Objective: To study frequency of myths about disease, to assess awareness among people andto propose methodology to bring changes in the attitude of community. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Family Wing of Combined Military Hospital Multan, from Oct...

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Autores principales:	Aneeqa Waseem, Waseem Waseem, Iram Lehrasab, Bushra Nadeem
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2018
Materias:	health myths prevalence Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bdb3a8312c264bc2afaeedd3a9a0e4332021-12-02T07:09:52ZFREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/bdb3a8312c264bc2afaeedd3a9a0e4332018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2317/2011https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To study frequency of myths about disease, to assess awareness among people andto propose methodology to bring changes in the attitude of community. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Family Wing of Combined Military Hospital Multan, from Oct 2016 to Apr 2017. Patients and Methods: A sample of 200 female patients was taken and a questionnaire containing close-ended questions in both Urdu and English languages was used to obtain knowledge of female patients about various health related myths. Results: Almost 24% of patientsthought that myth practitioners are trained and qualified. This belief has no boundaries even where education is concerned. The percentage of individuals believing in myths was 40.7% among the „Matric to Bachelors‟ category whereas among the respondents having „Master and Post-graduation‟ it was 16.66%, rest of the believers i.e. 42.64% were under matric. Conclusion: Femalesin Pakistan still believe in preconceived ideas as a cause of their illness seeking treatment from mythical practices. According to our findings, alternative options of medicine are still a popular option for patients rather than opting for allopathic medicine. Cognition for allopathic treatment options is very poor and cultural influence is deeply engrained while religious knowledge is lacking, resulting in less acceptability of modern technologies.Aneeqa WaseemWaseem WaseemIram LehrasabBushra NadeemArmy Medical College RawalpindiarticlehealthmythsprevalenceMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 68, Iss 5, Pp 1327-1331 (2018)
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description	Objective: To study frequency of myths about disease, to assess awareness among people andto propose methodology to bring changes in the attitude of community. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Family Wing of Combined Military Hospital Multan, from Oct 2016 to Apr 2017. Patients and Methods: A sample of 200 female patients was taken and a questionnaire containing close-ended questions in both Urdu and English languages was used to obtain knowledge of female patients about various health related myths. Results: Almost 24% of patientsthought that myth practitioners are trained and qualified. This belief has no boundaries even where education is concerned. The percentage of individuals believing in myths was 40.7% among the „Matric to Bachelors‟ category whereas among the respondents having „Master and Post-graduation‟ it was 16.66%, rest of the believers i.e. 42.64% were under matric. Conclusion: Femalesin Pakistan still believe in preconceived ideas as a cause of their illness seeking treatment from mythical practices. According to our findings, alternative options of medicine are still a popular option for patients rather than opting for allopathic medicine. Cognition for allopathic treatment options is very poor and cultural influence is deeply engrained while religious knowledge is lacking, resulting in less acceptability of modern technologies.
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author	Aneeqa Waseem Waseem Waseem Iram Lehrasab Bushra Nadeem
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title	FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_short	FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full	FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_fullStr	FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full_unstemmed	FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_sort	frequency of health related myths among females admitted in a tertiary care hospital
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/bdb3a8312c264bc2afaeedd3a9a0e433
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FREQUENCY OF HEALTH RELATED MYTHS AMONG FEMALES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

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