Determining Psycho-Social Factors affecting Health-Seeking Behavior Using Family Assessment Tools, a Case Report / [author]: Tom Nicolas C. Ong
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ABSTRACT: Background: This is a case of N.M 67/F that was consulted in the outpatient department, upon interview, was found to have a lack of health-seeking behavior as they were noy prioritizing their health due to their poos economic status. The patient would often forego and delay medical consultations, diagnostic modalities, and initiation of treatment, as they would allocate their funds more to essential needs vital for their day-to-day survival. The importance of health maintenance and health-seeking behavior was explained to the patient. This study details the use of family assessment tools in determining psycho-social factors affecting patients’ health seeking behavior. Methods: The psycho-social factors that affect the patient’s health-seeking behavior were determined and documented using the data gathered from history-taking and family assessment tools. Results: The patient was screened using family assessment tool, and result revealed moderately inadequate family source with a SCREEM-RES score of 16. A breakdown of result revealed the highest score in Social Factors (score 5pts), followed by Cultural and Educational Factors (each scored $pts), and lastly, Economic Factors (score of 3pts). The SCREEM test revealed the specific social, religious, financial, and educational factors hindering the patient’s health seeking behavior. The family is highly functional, with a Family APGAR score of 9pts, despite being an extended family, as their grandchildren are also currently living with them within the same household, as shown in the patient’s family genogram, along with their unemployed youngest son. Who has kidney disease, also the youngest grandchild has congenital hypothyroidism. Keywords: The psycho-social factors that affect the patient’s health seeking behavior were determined and documented using the data gathered from history-taking and family assessment tools.
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