An intuitive player, he often sought complications and played wild, imaginative games.
Limited awareness, access to diagnostic testing, and inadequate treatment for NCDs can lead to delayed care-seeking, complications requiring sophisticated treatments, and preventable adverse health outcomes [ 6].
(VI, B) A diabetic patient's first evaluation envisages a complete medical check up that also seeks chronic complications typical of the disease and laboratory tests to define the patient's general clinical conditions.
At each visit, information was collected by CHWs on status of birth and neonatal care preparedness, antenatal care (ANC), complications during pregnancy and care seeking for those complications.
This study established that women with unintended pregnancies were at higher risks of experiencing longer delays in seeking care for complications, which exposes them to increased complications hence higher risks of maternal mortality.
In addition, open-ended questions were asked to collect the open history, wherein the respondents were prompted to narrate all the facts related to the complications that led to death and the care seeking for those complications.
Our analyses of care-seeking behavior by type of complication and severity represent unique contributions to the literature on care seeking for obstetric complications.
Information on background characteristics of the deceased women and their families; history of any existing illnesses prior to pregnancy; pregnancy history; antenatal care; complications during pregnancy, abortion, labour, delivery, or the postpartum period; injury; and care seeking for obstetric complications that led to death were obtained through structured questions.
Only 14% of women seeking treatment for complications reported making the decision themselves.
The primary outcome was seeking care for complications of incomplete abortion versus seeking care for other obstetric needs (dichotomous).
Out of 9,576 women with data on care seeking for obstetric complications, 77% sought any care, with 29% (n = 2,150) visiting at least one formal provider and 70% (n = 5,149) visiting informal providers only.
