Impact of Health Education in Perception of Patients regarding Storage of Health Records among Patients attending Tertiary Care Hospital, Bareilly District, Uttar Pradesh

JOURNAL TITLE: International Journal of Advanced and Integrated Medical Sciences

Author
1. VK Tiwari
2. Ashok Agarwal
3. Pooja Bansal
4. Abhishek Kumar
ISSN
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10050-10051
Volume
1
Issue
4
Publishing Year
2016
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
    1. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Ob-Gyn and Women’s Health Institute, Anatomic Pathology and Immunology Cleveland Clinic, Desk A 19.1 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    2. Clinical Andrology Center and Fertility Laboratory; Research at the American, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
    3. Lerner College of Medicine; Andrology Laboratory; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Infertility and Sexual Function, Glickman Urological Institute, Center for Advanced Research in Human Reproduction, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    4. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
    5. Lerner College of Medicine, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Infertility and Sexual Function, Glickman Urological Institute, Center for Advanced Research in Human Reproduction, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    6. Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    7. Lerner College of Medicine; Androl
    1. Advanced Eye Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
    1. Patel Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
    1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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    Abstract

    Objective

    To know the patients’ attitude regarding preserving records: pre- and postcounseling.

    Materials and methods

    A questionnaire was administered to all the subjects, and data were assessed by applying statistical test. The health education awareness is regularly carried out in outpatient department (OPD) and inpatient department (IPD) by various audiovisual aids.

    Setting

    A cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients from OPD and IPD of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    Results

    Out of 998 patients studied, 421 (42.2%) of them were preserving record and 577 (57.8%) did not. After counseling both groups who were preserving and not preserving the records, a remarkable change was observed, i.e., 800 (80.2%) patients from OPD and IPD started preserving their records in a positive way and were bringing at the time of consultation.

    Conclusion

    With the sustained and regular health education/motivation, the patients realized the importance of record keeping.

    How to cite this article

    Tiwari VK, Kumar A, Agarwal A, Joshi HS, Upadhyay D, Bansal P. Impact of Health Education in Perception of Patients regarding Storage of Health Records among Patients attending Tertiary Care Hospital, Bareilly District, Uttar Pradesh. Int J Adv Integ Med Sci 2016;1(4):151-157.

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