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  • P01-292 - Treatment Seeking Behaviour Among Cases Reported for Psychiatric Consultation with Co-morbid Infertility

  • M.I. Afridi, N. Iman, H. Khan
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 25 / Issue S1 / 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 April 2020, 25-E500
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  • Objective

    To assess treatment-seeking behaviour in psychiatric patients with co-morbid infertility.

    METHODology: This hospital-based prospective study was conducted on out-patients, consulted at NMI (Neuro-spinal & medical Institute), Karachi.All consecutive and consenting cases were interviewed using a semi-structured proforma. Results were tabulated and analyzed through SPSS Version 11.0. Fisher Exact test/Chi-square test were used to compare variables.

    Results

    One hundred five cases (62.85% Men and 37.14% Women) that fulfilled the criteria of infertility were evaluated. More than half (51.42%) of the cases had sought alternative type of treatment including treatment from Faith Healers (19.04%), Hakeems (Eastern/Indigenous Practitioners=18.09%) and Homoeopathics(14.28%). The rest of the cases had history of multiple consultations with Allopathic medical practitioners.

    Conclusion

    The impact of Infertility is serious especially in the east making a person vulnerable to seek help from the various available source of treatment particularly traditional/ alternative mode.