PSY 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dementia, Transtheoretical Model, Headache

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3306
• Professor: Arne Stinchcombe

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The healthcare system, acknowledging your illness and going to see a doctor, delay in seeki(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:396)e, a(cid:271)usi(cid:374)g the health(cid:272)a(cid:396)e s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) . Heart attack victims about 65% of the time spend time just deliberating their symptoms, and even if they have correctly associated their symptoms, they take time seeking help. Patient delay the period between your first awareness of the symptom and getting treatment for that symptom. Appraisal delay the time it takes a person to notice a symptom as medically serious. Illness delay the time between recognizing your ill and deciding to take care. Behavioral delay the time between seeking care and acting on the care. Medical delay time between making an appointment and getting the care. Can take a while, particularly if you need to see a specialist. The people who demonstrated the least delay were people in the greatest pain. On the flip side, people with other problems in their lives delayed the most.