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Health-care-seeking behaviours of the Japanese lay public during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
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Health-care-seeking behaviours of the Japanese lay public during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
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Journal Article
Health-care-seeking behaviours of the Japanese lay public during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
2021
Overview
INTRODUCTION: Owing to a decrease in visits to health-care facilities due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the health-care-seeking behaviour of the Japanese lay public has yet to be adequately clarified.AIM: To explore health-care-seeking behaviour of the Japanese lay public during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.METHODS: We conducted a web-based questionnaire survey in September 2020 to enquire about visits to health-care facilities for disease treatment and preventive services (health check-ups or cancer screening tests) during two periods: mid-February to May 2020 and from June to September 2020. Survey respondents were selected from people who voluntarily registered with a Japanese consumer research company, excluding health-care workers. Respondents’ residence and sex were adjusted to represent the Japanese population. Survey results were aggregated after anonymizing respondents’ personal information.RESULTS: In total, 2137 people responded to the survey. The proportion of respondents who avoided new and follow-up visits to health-care facilities were 31.1% and 25.0%, respectively, in the first period and 19.1% and 12.5%, respectively, in the second period. In both periods, dentistry and general medicine were the most avoided health-care sites. Trying to avoid infection was the main motivation for this behaviour. Nearly half of respondents stated that they would not visit health facilities after the COVID-19 infection became controlled.DISCUSSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese lay public indicated that they would avoid new and follow-up visits to health-care facilities. The highlighted changes in health-care-seeking behaviour may be long-term, even after COVID-19 is under control.
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