Profile of Indian adults consulting nurses/midwives for healthcare
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Nurse, Midwife, Nursing Consultation, Comprehensive Primary CareAbstract
The article aims to explore and characterize Indian adults who seek nursing consultations. Nursing professionals constitute two-fifth of the Indian healthcare workforce, but their consultation with patients is limited. Hence investigating the profile of Indian adults who consult nurses is necessary. The study used Secondary data of 72,250 nationally representative adults from the first wave of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India, which was analyzed for nursing consultation sought by the participants during the 12 months preceding the survey using appropriate statistical methods and weights. Out of 257.1 million adult’s ≥45 years old and their spouses, 69.3% had consulted one or more healthcare workers during the last 12 months preceding the survey, and only 1.30% of adults had consulted nurses/midwives. Those, who consulted nurses/midwives, 16.7%, 26.2%, and 13.3% had consulted at community health facilities such as sub-centers, primary-health-centers, and community-health-centres respectively. Rural residency, female gender, adults with non-chronic diseases, caste, religion, education, and wealth status were found to be significant influencers of nursing consultation. The study concluded that nursing consultation is under-utilized, but serves the need of vulnerable population groups.
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