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Qualitative Interviews on The Diagnosis Process of Hepatitis B Among 50 Patients in Chongqing, China
huan zeng
Chongqing Medical University
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Objective: To identify the obstacles preventing and controlling hepatitis B and put forward suggestions for its prevention and treatment by describing the discovery process of hepatitis B patients.
Methods: We conducted face-to-face interviews with 50 hepatitis B patients in Chongqing, China from July to August 2019 by constructing a thematic analysis framework, which included interviewees’ social demographic characteristics, diagnosis approach, signs and symptoms at the time of discovery, feelings after diagnosis, and doctor’s instructions.
Results: Most of the patients were firstly found hepatitis B via physical examination when patients were asymptomatic or had no obvious symptoms. The majority of them were shocked, frightened, and at a loss when they were diagnosed. The patients could remember doctor’s instructions on keeping healthy lifestyle, but they had very little impression about doctors’ reminding about regular liver function test. Failure of regular follow-up to liver function test brought irreversible loss for certain patients.
Conclusions: Most of the patients were found hepatitis B passively. The patients need professional mental help after the diagnosis to overcome the negative emotion. The doctors’ instruction should emphasize more on the importance of regular follow-up to liver function test besides health lifestyle.
Keywords
Hepatitis B, discovery process, qualitative research
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commented on 23 January, 2021
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Qualitative Interviews on The Diagnosis Process of Hepatitis B Among 50 Patients in Chongqing, China
huan zeng
Chongqing Medical University
Corresponding Author
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On 06 Jan, 2021
Editor invited
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On 06 Jan, 2021
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On 26 Dec, 2020
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License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Objective: To identify the obstacles preventing and controlling hepatitis B and put forward suggestions for its prevention and treatment by describing the discovery process of hepatitis B patients.
Methods: We conducted face-to-face interviews with 50 hepatitis B patients in Chongqing, China from July to August 2019 by constructing a thematic analysis framework, which included interviewees’ social demographic characteristics, diagnosis approach, signs and symptoms at the time of discovery, feelings after diagnosis, and doctor’s instructions.
Results: Most of the patients were firstly found hepatitis B via physical examination when patients were asymptomatic or had no obvious symptoms. The majority of them were shocked, frightened, and at a loss when they were diagnosed. The patients could remember doctor’s instructions on keeping healthy lifestyle, but they had very little impression about doctors’ reminding about regular liver function test. Failure of regular follow-up to liver function test brought irreversible loss for certain patients.
Conclusions: Most of the patients were found hepatitis B passively. The patients need professional mental help after the diagnosis to overcome the negative emotion. The doctors’ instruction should emphasize more on the importance of regular follow-up to liver function test besides health lifestyle.
Due to technical limitations, full-text HTML conversion of this manuscript could not be completed. However, the manuscript can be downloaded and accessed as a PDF.
marianna
commented on 23 January, 2021
Happiness is all i see now big thanks to Dr CARE from Europe, I never thought that I will live on earth before the year runs out. I have been suffering from a deadly disease hepatitis for the past 2 years now; I had spent a lot of money going from one places to another, from churches to churches, hospitals have been my home every day residence. Constant checks up have been my hobby not until this blessed day, I was searching through the Internet, I saw a testimony on how Dr CARE. from Europe helped someone in curing his hepatitis . quickly I copied his ID +393510620692 just to give him a test I spoke to him, he asked me to do some certain things which I did, he told me that he is going to provide the herbal cure to me, which he did, then he asked me to go for medical checkup after some days after using the herbal cure, I was free from the deadly disease, he only asked me to post the testimony through the whole world, faithfully am doing it now, please brothers and sisters, he is great, I owe him in return. if you are having a similar problem just contact him by Email: at [ [email protected] ] whatsapp him on +393510620692