Social Support and Religious Faith as Determinants of Help-Seeking Behaviour Among Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia at Homeopathic Centres in Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Abstract

The study examined social support and religious faith as determinants of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) patients' help-seeking behaviour at homeopathic clinics in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was used for the study, and a questionnaire was used to elicit data from one hundred and forty-eight participants who were chosen through convenience sampling. The data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, multiple regression, simple linear regression, and mediation analysis with Hayes PROCESS. Among other aspects, the study showed that the association between social support and help-seeking behaviour of BPH patients was statistically significant. However, the association between religious faith and patients' help-seeking behaviour with BPH was not statistically significant. Again, the association between religious faith and help-seeking behaviour of BPH patients was not significantly mediated by social support. Based on these analyses, the researcher assumes that the variables significantly associated with BPH patients' help-seeking behaviour were support from family and significant others. The study recommended that patients living with BPH be sensitized and appropriately educated by practitioners on BPH related complications. These will lay the groundwork for health experts to offer client-centred and gender-specific assistance to clients, especially in Ghana.