title: [A study on behavior towards injection among residents and physicians in Kaohsiung & Ping-tung area].
abstract: To understand why people in Taiwan preferred iatrogenic injection as their medical therapy, we surveyed the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of iatrogenic injection for people and doctors in Kaohsiung and Ping-tung area by questionnaire. The results of the survey are drawn below: 1. More than 91.7% of the interviewed people would like to receive iatrogenic injection as their medical therapy, and 78.1% of the parents would choose iatrogenic injection for their children. The reason majority were because doctors suggested that and the parents believed iatrogenic injection is a quicker way of recovery. 2. In this study, 72.1% of the people received injection as their usual mode of medical treatment, and 74.9% of them had received injection during the previous month. When they brought their children to the clinics, the percentages of the above two conditions were 60.4% and 59.7% respectively. The factors influencing the reception of injection for people were the efficacy of the injection, education level and medical insurance. The influencing factors for children were the parents' medical behavior and the parents' willingness to accept injection. 3. About 83% of the interviewed doctors preferred iatrogenic injection as treatment for their patients. Almost 60% of them agreed that more patients would receive injection after National Health Insurance. About 72% of the doctors would not change the treatment for their patients, no matter how the system of the medical insurance changes. They would choose the right treatment for the distinct disease.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Kaohaiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged