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Is healthcare-seeking with gynaecological alarm symptoms influenced by personal and professional relations? A Danish population-based, cross-sectional study
Is healthcare-seeking with gynaecological alarm symptoms influenced by personal and professional relations? A Danish population-based, cross-sectional study
- Source :
- BMJ Open, BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 5 (2020), Vejlgaard, A S, Rasmussen, S, Jarbøl, D E & Balasubramaniam, K 2020, ' Is healthcare-seeking with gynaecological alarm symptoms influenced by personal and professional relations?-A Danish population-based, cross-sectional study ', BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 5, e033471 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033471
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- ObjectivesTo identify the personal and professional relations of women experiencing gynaecological alarm symptoms, to analyse if involving a personal relation is related to healthcare-seeking with gynaecological alarm symptoms, and to analyse if having an available social network is associated with involvement of this relation.DesignWeb-based, population-based, cross-sectional questionnaire survey.SettingThe general population in Denmark.ParticipantsThe study invited 100 000 individuals randomly drawn from the Danish Civil Registration System. Pregnant women and women who did not answer relevant questions about social network were excluded. A total of 5053 women who experienced at least one gynaecological alarm symptom were included in the study.Primary and secondary outcomes(1) Personal and professional relations that women experiencing gynaecological alarm symptoms involve; (2) the association between involving a personal relation and healthcare-seeking; and (3) the association between having an available social network and involvement of this relation.ResultsThe general practitioner (GP) was the most involved professional relation, while the spouse/partner was the most involved personal relation. When experiencing gynaecological alarm symptoms, more than 50% of women did not involve a professional relation and 20% did not involve a personal relation. For all four gynaecological alarm symptoms, the odds of involving the GP were higher in the oldest age group. Women were two to seven times more likely to involve their GP if they had personal relation involvement. No statistically significant association was found between having an available social network and involving the GP.ConclusionInvolving a personal relation in healthcare-seeking was associated with increased involvement of the GP, who consequently was the most involved professional relation when experiencing gynaecological alarm symptoms. Spouse/partner was the most involved personal relation. The oldest age group had the highest odds of involving the GP. No association was found between having an available social network and involving the GP.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Denmark
Population
Decision Making
General Practice
lcsh:Medicine
Hemorrhage
Pelvic Pain
Odds
Social Networking
Danish
family medicine
Pregnancy
general medicine (see internal medicine)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
education
Association (psychology)
education.field_of_study
Physician-Patient Relations
Social network
business.industry
lcsh:R
gynaecology
Questionnaire
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Symptom Flare Up
language.human_language
Postmenopause
Cross-Sectional Studies
Spouse
Family medicine
language
Female
business
General practice / Family practice
Genital Diseases, Female
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20446055
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ open
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....41571ac730dfd1481b43e0f8d9eb1448
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033471