Sexual and mental health problems top as the most sought after online consultation ailments as per a survey released by Lybrate, one of the largest Indian online doctor consultation platforms.
The data was analysed using the data of 50 million interactions, where anonymity of users’ is protected, that happened on the platform over a period of 12 months, starting January 1 this year when the platform was launched, according to the company release.
The report released on Tuesday showed that more than half the percentage of people who consulted doctors from Lybrate’s pool of 90,000 doctors reached out to them for issues related to either sexual or mental health.
Among the metros, people in Delhi consulted more about sexual health while those in Mumbai reached out for issues related to mental health. In Bangalore, the topmost priority was lifestyle-related issues. Also, men in metros paid more attention to lifestyle-related issues compared to women who were rather concerned about diet and nutrition.
The top seven health issues in the country, the report says are sexual (32 per cent), mental (21 per cent), lifestyle-related (15 per cent), diet & nutrition (12 per cent), women’s health (11 per cent), skin health (5 per cent) and child health (4 per cent).
“Lybrate is using technology to make quality healthcare accessible to people in the country and in the process of patients conversing with doctors online, we have garnered ample data that provides a vital peek into valuable information pertaining to health and diseases with respect to different geographies, gender and age groups,” said Saurabh Arora, CEO, Lybrate.
The data reflected that women on the whole were not as proactive as men in consulting doctors about their health problems and the gap was wide across Tier 2&3 and Tier 1 citiesThe trend illustrated that women need to be made more aware about their health and that people are now open to talk about subjects related to sexual and mental health in even Tier 2 and 3 cities, something which must be encouraged.