Predictors of health-seeking behavior in patients with chronic liver disease and a comparison of health-seeking based on patient-type
Our study highlights that the majority of CLD patients are poor, illiterate, or semi-literate and in urgent need of holistic care with respect to health literacy, mental health counseling, financial help, and improved support from provider and families. This is only possible through the integration of social policy officers and social workers in the tertiary health sector of the country.
Authors
- Syeda Khadija Burhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-8900)
- Humna Ahsan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0067-995X)
- Amna Khawar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-1358)
- Florian Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-1245)
- Masha Asad Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2594-5284)
- Sara Rızvı Jafree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5141-1107)
- Ammara Naveed
Institutions
- Kinnaird College for Women University (PK)
- Lahore College for Women University (PK)
- Forman Christian College (PK)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-04235-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.21
Funders
- Lahore College for Women University