Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam

Seeking treatment is a vital when an individual falls sick. However, some may not do so perhaps they are ashamed to admitting having shameful diseases or unable to seek and reach help. Negative perception of the community on sensitive diseases like AIDS or sexual transmitted disease (STD) may drive...

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Main Authors:	Mat Yusof, Afzan, Ahmad Arifin, Syamsul, Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
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Language:	English English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-663492019-06-26T08:37:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/ Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam Mat Yusof, Afzan Ahmad Arifin, Syamsul Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman Q Science (General) Seeking treatment is a vital when an individual falls sick. However, some may not do so perhaps they are ashamed to admitting having shameful diseases or unable to seek and reach help. Negative perception of the community on sensitive diseases like AIDS or sexual transmitted disease (STD) may drive the patients away from seeking treatment and suffer alone. In Islam we are thought to always have positive perceptions (khusnu dzan) towards any issues in daily life especially when dealing with human interaction by avoiding bad perceptions (su’u dzan). Thus, this study aims to identify the factors affecting treatment seeking patterns among public in three selected areas in Kuantan, and to explore factors affecting people not able or avoid seeking treatment, also to determine the relationship between treatment seeking patterns and the influential factors ie distance, accessibility and behaviour; attitude to health, healthcare and self-perception. A cross sectional survey was carried out at Taman Gelora, Teluk Cempedak and Terminal Makmur, Kuantan, Pahang. Convenient sampling method was used in this study. 201 respondents participated and answered a semi-structured questionnaire modified from Adamson. Results showed that the data was normally distributed, 50.2% respondents were male and 58.7% the total respondents were between 16-26 years old. Majority of the respondents had neutral attitude to health and healthcare, and to self-perception; 94.03% and 73.63% respectively. From the results, there were significant association between distance and accessibility, and monthly income, plus between self-perception and demographic data (p<0.05). Self-perception was the most influencing factor as to why people were not able to seek treatment This can be used to educate the community regarding perceptions (khusnu or su’u dzan) and to the policy makers to ensure equal distribution of healthcare services throughout the country. International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/1/66349_Factors%20affecting%20treatment%20seeking%20patterns.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/2/66349_Factors%20affecting%20treatment%20seeking%20patterns_SCOPUS.pdf Mat Yusof, Afzan and Ahmad Arifin, Syamsul and Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman (2018) Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 17 (Special Issue 2). pp. 171-176. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/about-imjm/
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description	Seeking treatment is a vital when an individual falls sick. However, some may not do so perhaps they are ashamed to admitting having shameful diseases or unable to seek and reach help. Negative perception of the community on sensitive diseases like AIDS or sexual transmitted disease (STD) may drive the patients away from seeking treatment and suffer alone. In Islam we are thought to always have positive perceptions (khusnu dzan) towards any issues in daily life especially when dealing with human interaction by avoiding bad perceptions (su’u dzan). Thus, this study aims to identify the factors affecting treatment seeking patterns among public in three selected areas in Kuantan, and to explore factors affecting people not able or avoid seeking treatment, also to determine the relationship between treatment seeking patterns and the influential factors ie distance, accessibility and behaviour; attitude to health, healthcare and self-perception. A cross sectional survey was carried out at Taman Gelora, Teluk Cempedak and Terminal Makmur, Kuantan, Pahang. Convenient sampling method was used in this study. 201 respondents participated and answered a semi-structured questionnaire modified from Adamson. Results showed that the data was normally distributed, 50.2% respondents were male and 58.7% the total respondents were between 16-26 years old. Majority of the respondents had neutral attitude to health and healthcare, and to self-perception; 94.03% and 73.63% respectively. From the results, there were significant association between distance and accessibility, and monthly income, plus between self-perception and demographic data (p<0.05). Self-perception was the most influencing factor as to why people were not able to seek treatment This can be used to educate the community regarding perceptions (khusnu or su’u dzan) and to the policy makers to ensure equal distribution of healthcare services throughout the country.
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author	Mat Yusof, Afzan Ahmad Arifin, Syamsul Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
author_facet	Mat Yusof, Afzan Ahmad Arifin, Syamsul Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman
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title	Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam
title_short	Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam
title_full	Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam
title_fullStr	Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam
title_full_unstemmed	Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam
title_sort	factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in islam
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/1/66349_Factors%20affecting%20treatment%20seeking%20patterns.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66349/2/66349_Factors%20affecting%20treatment%20seeking%20patterns_SCOPUS.pdf
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Factors affecting treatment seeking patterns amongst public in three selected areas in Kuantan: discovery of perceptions (dzan) among community as thought in Islam

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