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Table 4 Tuberculosis treatment delays and its relationships with patients characteristics in rural Ebonyi State, 2011 (n = 450)

From: Healthcare-seeking behavior, treatment delays and its determinants among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in rural Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Patient delay

 

HS delay

 

Total delay

 
 

Median (IQR)

P- value

Median (IQR)

P-value

Median (IQR)

P-value

Total

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (1, 4)

 

11 (9, 16)

 

Prolonged delay N (%)

312 (69%)

 

114 (25%)

 

216 (48%)

 

Age (years)

 

0.02**

 

0.004**

 

<0.001**

≤40

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (2, 3)

 

11 (9, 15)

 

41–65

12 (6, 20)

 

2 (1, 4)

 

14 (9, 25)

 

>65

6 (6, 36)

 

4 (4, 4)

 

40 (40, 40)

 

Gender

 

0.5

 

0.001**

 

0.6

Female

8 (8, 12)

 

2 (1, 3)

 

11 (9, 16)

 

Male

8 (4, 12)

 

3 (2, 4)

 

12 (9, 16)

 

Residence

 

0.04**

 

0.8

 

<0.001**

Rural

8 (6, 12)

 

3 (2, 3)

 

11 (9, 14)

 

Urban

12 (10, 15)

 

3 (1, 4)

 

16 (11, 19)

 

Formal education

 

0.006**

 

0.9

 

0.002**

Yes

8 (4, 12)

 

3 (1, 3)

 

11 (9, 16)

 

No

9 (8, 12)

 

3 (2, 4)

 

13 (11, 16)

 

Walking distance to the

nearest public facility

 

0.015**

 

0.003**

 

<0.001**

< 60 minutes

8 (6, 8)

 

2 (1, 3)

 

11 (10, 14)

 

60 – 119 minutes

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (2, 3)

 

10 (7, 14)

 

>120 minutes

9 (8, 12)

 

4 (3, 4)

 

15 (11, 20)

 

First visited s non-NTP provider

 

0.2

 

0.005

 

0.6

Yes

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (2, 4)

 

12 (10, 21)

 

No

8 (5, 12)

 

2 (1, 3)

 

11 (9, 16)

 

Sputum smear status

 

0.3

 

0.2

 

0.004**

Smear-positive

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (1, 4)

 

11 (9, 16)

 

Smear-negative

8 (6, 12)

 

3 (2, 3)

 

15 (7, 25)

 

HIV status

 

0.049**

 

0.02**

 

0.1

Positive

8 (6, 12)

 

3 (2, 4)

 

11 (9, 15)

 

Negative

8 (8, 12)

 

2 (1, 3)

 

11 (9, 18)

 

Had a Chest X-ray

 

<0.001**

 

0.01**

 

<0.001**

Yes

8 (8, 12)

 

3 (1, 4)

 

13 (9, 18)

 

No

8 (4, 12)

 

2 (2, 3)

 

11 (7, 14)

 
  1. All delays are in weeks; HS = Health System; NTP = National Tuberculosis Control Programme; **P < 0.05.