National Institute of Health Research and Development, Indonesian Ministry of Health
Abstract
. A cross sectional study was carried out to determine health seeking behaviour of dengue patient in Ciamis district. Subjects were 80 dengue patient\u27s care taker chosen by purposive sampling. Data was presented descriptively. The result showed based on the first place of treatment, pattern of treatment seeking behavior were identified the most common one was using public hospital as the first step. Pattern of treatment seeking behavior of the patient\u27s care taker that injluenced decision making to take treatment alternatives included knowledge, attitude and practice about the caused, symptomp \u27s, virulence and transmission of dengue virus infection; the distanee to treatment places and family role (husband/wife) were important for caretakers to take into consideration when making treatment choices
