seeking medical care, no, it was... I waited for a
while to see if it would stop. But then, it became worse
on Sunday and I thought that I maybe should check on it
after all. (i1)
Other reasons for not seeking medical care immediately were reluctance to bother medical care services
unnecessarily and fear of embarrassment if it were to
turn out that they were not really ill. Participants who
had previously sought medical care for similar symptoms and were told that the symptoms were not related to ischemic heart disease were hesitant to seek care