Understanding why patients with cataract refuse free surgery: The influence of rumours in Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 534-539

  Briesen, Sebastian ^a,b   Geneau, Robert ^c   Roberts, Helen ^a   Opiyo, Jael ^a   Courtright, Paul ^d  

^a Kwale District Eye Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Barriers; Cataract; Kenya; Rumours; Sponsored eye surgery

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; EYE DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

KENYA;

EID: 77950657113     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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