@article{Singh Bhandari_Chataut_2020, title={Health Seeking Behaviour among Medical Students in a Teaching Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study}, volume={58}, url={http://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/4741}, DOI={10.31729/jnma.4741}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Medical students are more prone to suffer from various physiological and psychological<br>problems but rather than seeking for formal health care, they tend to do informal consultation and<br>often practice self medication. Thus, this study aimed to find out the health seeking behavior of<br>medical students.</p> <p><br><strong>Methods:</strong> This descriptive cross-sectional study was done among first and second year medical<br>students of a teaching hospital from September to November 2019 after taking ethical approval<br>from Institutional Review Committe. Total of 235 students were included in the study and self<br>administered questionnaire was used. Data entry and analysis was done using Statistical Package<br>for Social Sciences version 20.0.</p> <p><br><strong>Results:</strong> Among 235 students who participated in the study, 172 (73%) reported having health<br>problems in the last 12 months, and fever and headache were commonly reported by 21 (13%) and 18<br>(50%) students, respectively. Total of 112 (65%) students visited hospital/clinic for health problems<br>and reason given for not visiting hospital/clinic was 12 (28%) thinking that the problem was minor.<br>University hospital was the most preferred place 189 (80%) during health problem and parents were<br>the first people for consultation 116 (49%). Mean duration of absenteeism was 2.17±4.1 days and 167<br>(88%) visited hospital more than five times.</p> <p><br><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Health problems were common among students and most of them required multiple<br>hospital visits. Many students seeked for health from hospital/ clinic but informal consultations<br>were also seen.</p>}, number={221}, journal={Journal of Nepal Medical Association}, author={Singh Bhandari, Mukta and Chataut, Jagdish}, year={2020}, month={Jan.} }