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. Case Western Reserve University and Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
    2. 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
    3. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    4. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    5. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
    6. Cleveland Clinic, Desk A19, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
    7. Lerner College of Medicine; Center for Reproductive Medicine and ART Training; Tissue Bank Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Obstetrics-Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Anatomic Pathology and Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    8. Lerner College of Medicine; Andrology Laboratory; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
    9. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney, Institute Cleveland, USA
    10. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
    11. Lerner College of Medicine; Andrology Laboratory; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Desk A19, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, United States
    12. Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    13. 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
    14. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
    15. 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
    16. Clinical Andrology Center and Fertility Laboratory; Research at the American, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
    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
  • Article keywords

    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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