STUDY OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ON THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICE

Authors

  • I. V. Hupalo Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
  • I.-O. O. Bubleiko Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
  • Ya. M. Kopach Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10592

Keywords:

questionnaire, medical service, nonresident students, declaration

Abstract

Purpose: to identify major health problems related to the availability and quality of health care for nonresident students, find ways and solutions to these problems.

Materials and Methods. An anonymous sociological survey by questioning 100 nonresident students of III-VI years of study in Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University was conducted.

Results. Medical care for nonresident students causes many problems: preference for deterioration of well-being not for professional help of doctors, but for other alternative options (colleagues’ advice, relatives, acquaintances, searching for information on the Internet), unfavourable attitude of non-resident students to medical advice, unwillingness to consult them or provide other types of medical care.

It was found out that a greater number of nonresident students (57±5.0) % in case of deterioration in their well-being appeal to their relatives for help, (30±4.6) % search for similar symptoms on the Internet, which leads to the occurrence of complications. (81±3.9) % of nonresident students signed a declaration at the place of residence before entering an educational institution, which can cause difficulties when they need to obtain medical care because of their distant location. Only (42±4.9) % of respondents appeal to medical institutions for the prevention of diseases, periodic examination, which leads to the identification only later stages of diseases, sometimes the terminal ones. To improve the medical care of non-resident students, it is necessary to carry out sanitary and educational work, weeks of prevention of the most common and dangerous diseases in educational institutions.

Conclusions. Propaganda of consulting the general practitioners in case of deterioration of well-being will help to make the health of nonresident students better, reduce the morbidity among them.

Author Biographies

I. V. Hupalo, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Hupalo Iryna Volodymyrivna - teaching assistant in department of social medicine, economy and organization of health protection in Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.

I.-O. O. Bubleiko, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Bubleiko Ivan-Oleksiy Olehovych - 6th year student of Medical Faculty in Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

Ya. M. Kopach, Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Kopach Yaryna Mykolayivna - 6th year student of Medical Faculty in Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

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Published

2019-11-15

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Hupalo, I. V. ., Bubleiko, I.-O. O., & Kopach, Y. M. (2019). STUDY OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ON THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICE. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 51–55. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10592

Issue

No. 3 (2019)

Section

Organization of medical care

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