New Findings from Phenikaa University in the Area of Health and Medicine Published (Near-Suicide Phenomenon: An Investigation into the Psychology of Patients with Serious Illnesses Withdrawing from Treatment): Health and Medicine

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2023 APR 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on agriculture are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Hanoi, Vietnam, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Patients with serious illnesses or injuries may decide to quit their medical treatment if they think paying the fees will put their families into destitution.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Phenikaa University: “Without treatment, it is likely that fatal outcomes will soon follow. We call this phenomenon “near-suicide”. This study attempted to explore this phenomenon by examining how the seriousness of the patient’s illness or injury and the subjective evaluation of the patient’s and family’s financial situation after paying treatment fees affect the final decision on the treatment process. Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics were employed to analyze a dataset of 1042 Vietnamese patients. We found that the more serious the illnesses or injuries of patients were, the more likely they were to choose to quit treatment if they perceived that paying the treatment fees heavily affected their families’ financial status. Particularly, only one in four patients with the most serious health issues who thought that continuing the treatment would push themselves and their families into destitution would decide to continue the treatment.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Considering the information-filtering mechanism using subjective cost-benefit judgments, these patients likely chose the financial well-being and future of their family members over their individual suffering and inevitable death. Our study also demonstrates that mindsponge-based reasoning and BMF analytics can be effective in designing and processing health data for studying extreme psychosocial phenomena. Moreover, we suggest that policymakers implement and adjust their policies (e.g., health insurance) following scientific evidence to mitigate patients’ likelihood of making “near-suicide” decisions and improve social equality in the healthcare system.”

For more information on this research see: Near-Suicide Phenomenon: An Investigation into the Psychology of Patients with Serious Illnesses Withdrawing from Treatment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023,20(6). (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065173.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Quan-Hoang Vuong, Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 100803, Vietnam. Additional authors for this research include Tam-Tri Le, Ruining Jin, Quy Van Khuc, Hong-Son Nguyen, Thu-Trang Vuong, Minh-Hoang Nguyen.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the authors of this research: Quan-Hoang Vuong (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0790-1576), Tam-Tri Le (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3384-4827), Ruining Jin (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-7614), Quy Van Khuc (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-2413), Thu-Trang Vuong (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-9671), Minh-Hoang Nguyen (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7520-3844).