Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India
المؤلفون المشاركون
Purohit, Manju Raj
Purohit, Rajvi
Mustafa, Tehmina
المصدر
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-8، 8ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-02-03
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Objective.
We aimed to investigate the awareness, health care seeking behavior, and diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in a resource-constrained setting from Central India.
Setting and Method.
Questionnaire based interview of 1220 EPTB patients ≥14 years of age was conducted between July 2004 and August 2012 at Ujjain charitable Hospital, Ujjain, India.
Results.
Only 15% of patients had ever heard about EPTB and 2-4% knew about its prevention or treatment.
Only 12% patients first sought medical advice while 49% patients practiced self-medication, 28% consulted traditional healers and 11% drug store/pharmacy.
The median patient delay was 8 weeks (4.6-21.4 weeks).
Majority (78%) of patients visited ≥3 health centers.
Thirty-eight percent patients first visited any government health facility.
Majority (97%) who first visited district and primary public health center were referred to private sector for investigations and 82% patients changed the consultation to private doctor after initial visit to public hospital.
The median health system delay was 7 weeks (0.6-16.4 weeks).
Conclusion.
Patients had very poor awareness of EPTB.
Patients were referred from public to private sector in search of diagnostic facilities.
Improvement of public awareness about EPTB and better public-private partnership may contribute towards reduction in diagnostic delay.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Purohit, Manju Raj& Purohit, Rajvi& Mustafa, Tehmina. 2019. Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211775
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Purohit, Manju Raj…[et al.]. Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211775
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Purohit, Manju Raj& Purohit, Rajvi& Mustafa, Tehmina. Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1211775
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1211775
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر