Health Care-seeking Behaviors in Mosuo and Pumi People in Yunnan Ninglang.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.10705
- Author:
Hai Yin ZHANG
1
;
Hua ZHONG
1
;
Yuan Yuan LIN
1
;
Xian Wei ZENG
1
;
Li XU
1
;
Guo Hua FENG
1
;
Yu Jun WEI
1
;
Jian Zhong YANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry,the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University,Kunming 650101,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
Humans;
Patient Acceptance of Health Care;
statistics & numerical data;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2019;41(3):331-337
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the health care-seeking behaviors of Mosuo and Pumi people.Methods The subjects were enrolled by using the multi-stage stratified random sampling method and surveyed by the self-designed questionnaire.Results To tally 1669 subjects including 1121 Mosuo people and 548 Pumi people completed the survey.When Mosuo and Pumi people suffer from ailments,they preferred to buy drugs in drugstores(47.3% for Mosuo and 46.9% for Pumi),followed by visiting a local township hospital(27.0% for Mosuo and 24.3% for Pumi).When they suffered from severe diseases,they preferred to visit the county/city/state hospital(93.4% for Mosuo and 91.1% for Pumi).The mental disease were mainly treated in the county/city/state hospitals(49.3% for Mosuo and 52.7% for Pumi);notably,39.3% of the Mosuo respondents and 31.5% of the Pumi respondents skipped this question.Conclusion Health education,including awareness-raising activities on mental health,should be enhanced in Mosuo and Pumi people to further improve their health care-seeking behaviors.
