Table 3 Factors related to events of patients and health facility delay among smear positive patients.
From: Delay in Tuberculosis case detection in Pwani region, Tanzania. a cross sectional study
| Â | Patient delay n (%) | Health facility delay n (%) | No patient delay n (%) | No health facility delay n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 58/79(73.42) | 78/121 (64.5) | 79/127(62.20) | 59/85 (69.4) |
Female | 21/79(26.58) | 43/121 (35.5) | 48/127(37.80) | 26/85 (30.6) |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 33/79(41.77) | 58/121 (47.9) | 60/127(47.24) | 35/85 (41.2) |
Couple | 46/79(58.23) | 63/121 (52.1) | 67/127(52.76) | 50/85 (58.8) |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â |
< 18 Years | 2/79(2.53) | 6/119 (5.0) | 6/124 (4.84) | 1/84 (1.2) |
18-40 | 49/79(62.03) | 73/119 (61.3) | 80/124(64.52) | 57/84 (67.8) |
> 40 | 28/79(35.44) | 40/119 (33.6) | 38/124(30.65) | 26/84 (31.0) |
Education Level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal education | 33/79(41.77) | 56/121 (46.3) | 60/127(47.24) | 37/85 (43.5) |
Completed primary school and above | 46/79(58.23) | 65/121 (53.7) | 67/127(52.76) | 48/85 (56.4) |
HIV self reported | Â | Â | Â | Â |
HIV positive | 14/65(21.5) | 29/101 (28.7) | 36/103 (35.0) | 21/68 (30.9) |
HIV negative | 51/65(78.5) | 72/101 (71.3) | 67/103 (65.0) | 47/68 (69.1) |
Presenting symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cough > 2 weeks | 64/79(81.0) | 93/121 (76.9) | 98/127(77.2) | 68/85 (80.0) |
Cough with blood | 12/79(15.2) | 14/121 (11.6) | 15/127(11.8) | 13/85 (15.9) |
Difficult in breathing | 23/79(29.1) | 36/121(29.8) | 39/127(30.7) | 27/85(31.8) |
Chest Pain | 6/79(7.6) | 29/121(24.0) | 32/127(25.2) | 10/85(11.8) |
Fever | 44/79(55.7) | 65/121(53.7) | 70/127(55.1) | 50/85(58.8) |
Loss of weight | 20/79(25.3) | 19/121(15.7) | 20/127(15.8) | 21/85(24.7) |
Poor knowledge of TB symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cough > 2 weeks | 16/79(20.3) | 19/121(15.7) | 17/127(13.4) | 14/85(16.5) |
Cough with blood | 58/79(73.4) | 102/121(84.3) | 108/127(85.0) | 64/85(75.3) |
Difficult in breathing | 56/79(70.9) | 83/121(68.6) | 90/127(70.9) | 63/85(74.1) |
Chest Pain | 72/79(91.1) | 98/121(81.0) | 99/127(78.0) | 73/85(85.9) |
Fever | 33/79(41.8) | 47/121(38.8) | 49/127(38.6) | 34/85(40.0) |
Loss of weight | 60/79(75.9) | 97/121(80.2) | 103/127(81.1) | 65/85(76.5) |