Exploring University Students' Attitudes towards Primary Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study.

Exploring University Students' Attitudes towards Primary Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study. ScientificWorldJournal. 2020;2020:1043809 Authors: Voglino G, Lo Moro G, Gualano MR, Bert F, Siliquini R Abstract The general practitioner (GP) has a significant role in primary care, being more than a gatekeeper to health services access. In Italy, if a citizen moves for studies for at least 3 months, he/she can choose temporarily another GP in the new city (the so-called "Healthcare Domicile" (HD)). The aims were to estimate the university students' knowledge about the HD, evaluate the frequency of the transition to another GP, and assess the university students' attitudes towards the primary care services. In 2018, a cross-sectional pilot study was performed in study rooms among students attending the University of Turin Participation was voluntary, anonymous, and without compensation. A 25-item questionnaire collected information about the sociodemographic characteristics, health services use, health conditions and medications, HD knowledge, and HD use. The outcomes were having the GP far away, knowing HD, and not moving the GP even if aware of HD. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and logistic regression analyses were performed. The significance level was p ≤ 0.05. Participants were 388 and those who knew HD were 45.36%. Among those who moved to Turin (44.85%), 77.67% knew HD but did not move the GP anyway. The 72.68% used...
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