Total Delay in Treatment of Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among New Pulmonary TB Patients in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18.

Conclusions: There was higher median total delay in treatment of TB (60 days) and an overall prevalence of 50.9% unacceptable/longer total delay in treatment of TB. Female gender, rural residence, not attending formal education, visiting nonformal health facility as first health care seeking, having poor knowledge of TB, and having antibiotic treatment before TB diagnosis were identified as independent significant associated factors. PMID: 31275370 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275370?dopt=Abstract

Source: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases - July 6, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Source Type: research