KAP OF REGULAR MEDICAL CHECKUP AMONG SPHMMC MEDICAL OPD PATIENTS

Abstract

Abstract Background: - General medical examination is a common form of preventive medicine involving visits to a general practitioner by well feeling adults on a regular basis. This is generally yearly or less frequently. It is known under several other names, such as the periodic health evaluation, annual physical, comprehensive medical examination, general health check, or preventive health examination. Periodic medical check-up is considered effective in preventing illness and promoting health and reducing morbidity and mortality Objective: To assess the knowledge attitude and practice of regular medical checkup among St. Paul Hospital Millennium medical College medical OPD patients Method: - A hospital based descriptive cross sectional study will be implemented on knowledge about regular medical checkup, attitude towards medical checkup and practice of medical checkup on out patients of SPHMMC medical OPD. Data will be collected using structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and associations will be made using SPSS version 21. Result: A total of 222 patients were interviewed and all of them were included in the study. The mean age was 36.4±12.59 years. One hundred and ninety three (86.9%) of respondents are good awareness of medical checkup. Two hundred and seven (93.2%) have a good attitude as medical checkup is important for preventive measure. Seventy six (32.4%) of the respondents have good practice of medical checkup. Farmer (AOR=0.12, 95%CI 0.02, 0.64), chronic illness (AOR=2.23 95%CI 1.21,4.09 ) were significantly associated with practice of medical checkup. Conclusion and recommendation: This study shows a high level of awareness and good attitude of periodic medical checkup in this group, though the actual level of practice is very low. Effort should be made by government and other authorities to decrease health care cost and health care packages should be prepared to save time of clients and cost of medical checkups.