Prostatic Hyperplasia: Health Seeking Behaviour of patients at

Background Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is a widely prevalent condition affecting elderly men throughout the world. With increasing life expectancy, there has been a rise in the percentage of elderly men and so for this disease across the globe. There is lack of information about health seeking behaviour of patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Therefore the study was designed with the objectives of assessing health-seeking behaviour and the effect of literacy on it among adult and older subjects suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia attending a tertiary care hospital. Method A series of 81 patients suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia above the age of 50 years, attending surgical Ou