Factors Affecting Doctor Visiting Behavior among Patients with Breast Tumorat Saraburi Hospital

Abstract

This research aims to study :doctor visiting behavior among patients with breast tumor in Saraburi Hospital and influence of knowledge, perception, interested in breast self-examination and cues to action of visiting the doctor.
Study population was patients with breast tumor symptoms who came to check at the Outpatient Department of Surgery in Saraburi Hospital. Systematic random sampling of 128 patients who attended the hospital during 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. Data was collected by using questionnaire with reliability of 0.73-0.81. Statistics using for data analysis included descriptive statistics, Chi-square, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, and Multiple Logistic Regression
The results showed that patients went to see the doctor lately or after 1 month after finding the breast tumor at 60.2% with average duration was 145.09 days The analysis of Logistic Regression, knowledge showed decreasing the chance of early doctor visiting behavior, and cue to action had increasing the chance of early doctor visiting behavior.