Healthcare seeking behavior for back pain patient attended at CRP

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the healthcare seeking behavior for back pain patient. Objectives: To find out the socio demographic information of people suffered with MLBP. Find out the information of male & female, age groups, occupations, income level, and educational status of people suffered with LBP. To find out the lifestyle related information of people suffered with LBP. To find out the information of lack of regular exercise, sleeping posture, sleeping period, sleeping mattress, smoking and obesity (BMI) of people suffered with LBP. To find out the work & posture related information of people suffered with LBP. To find out the information about vulnerable postures e.g. sitting, standing, bending, squatting and walking sustained more than normal period of patient suffered with MLBP. To find out the information regarding MLBP of precipitated by responsible factors such as lifting heavy objects, employment periods, and previous episodes of MLBP. To get information about various types of injuries such as direct trauma, twisting, lifting, carrying that responsible for future MLBP. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted with a semi structured questionnaire to collect data from 70 participants, age ranging from 40-70 years. Data were numerically coded and captured in Microsoft Excel, using an SPSS 23 version software program. Result: This study revealed that most of the participant (61.4%; n=43) seek health care service from allopathy, (30.0%; n=21) participants seek health care service from tried myself, (1.4%; n=1) participants seek health care service from homeopathy, (1.4%; n=1) participants seek health care service from kaviraj, (5.7%; n=4) participants seek health care service from physiotherapy, Usually the received services from more than one option. Conclusion: The health care system of Bangladesh consists of several and wide range of distinct therapeutic choice reaching from self-care to folk and western medicine. As the typical back pain sectors are not sufficiently designed, the person with back pain illness can adapt a male-pattern of health care seeking. In Bangladesh, back pain health problem occurs in a great extent due to complex interaction among personal attribution, socio-cultural factors and inadequate health delivery system for the marginal people. Low level of education, particularly lack of knowledge concerning back pain, gender discrimination is other facets of poor health care seek