Table 3 Health Seeking Behaviour for Tuberculosis among the TB patients attending DOTS clinics in Dar es Salaam
Areas of Health Seeking Behaviours studied | Male n/N (%) | Female n/N (%) | Total n/N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Severity of the disease | Â | Â | Â |
Severe disease†| 73/376 (19.4) | 62/244 (25.4) | 135/620 (21.8) |
Facilities where health advice were sought | Â | Â | Â |
Regional hospital | 4(1.0) | 7 (2.8) | 11 (1.7) |
District hospital | 101 (26.2) | 73 (29.4) | 174 (27.5) |
Mission hospital | 9 (2.3) | 6 (2.4) | 15 (2.4) |
Health centre | 60 (15.6) | 26 (10.5) | 86 (13.6) |
Dispensary | 138(35.8) | 94 (37.9) | 232 (36.7) |
Private practitioner | 48 (12.5) | 37 (14.9) | 85 (13.4) |
Traditional healer | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (0.5) |
Pharmacy | 21(5.5) | 3 (1.2) | 24 (3.8) |
Other | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.5) |
Total | 385 | 248 | 633 |
Delays | Â | Â | Â |
Patient delay, > 30 days | 114/362 (31.5) | 93/227 (41.0) | 207/589 (35.1)* |
Referral delay > 2 days | 231/268 (86.2) | 157/166 (94.6) | 388/434 (89.4)** |
Diagnostic delay > 3 days | 131/279 (47.0) | 113/182 (62.1) | 244/461 (52.9)*** |
Treatment delay > 1 day | 125/344 (36.3) | 67/216(31.0) | 192/560 (34.3) |
Facility delay > 5 days | 289/362 (79.8) | 199/224 (88.8) | 488/586 (83.3)**** |
1st sputum collection delay > 0 days | 206/330 (62.4) | 142/211 (67.3) | 348/541 (64.3) |
1st sputum collection delay > 1 days | 112/330 (33.9) | 92/211 (43.6) | 204/541 (37.7)***** |
2nd sputum collection delay > 1 days | 38/358 (10.6) | 20/239 (8.4) | 58/597 (9.7) |
3rd sputum collection delay > 0 days | 186/356 (52.2) | 139/237 (58.6) | 325/593 (54.8) |
3rd sputum collection delay > 1 days | 15/341 (4.2) | 9/228 (3.8) | 24/569(4.0) |