Table 2 Care seeking and investigations among tuberculosis patients in seven districts of North Shoa zone, Ethiopia, December 2017
From: Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Amhara state, Ethiopia
Variable | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
How many times you go to health facility before you disease has been diagnosed? | ||
1 | 30 | 18.5 |
2 | 58 | 35.8 |
3 | 28 | 17.3 |
4 | 13 | 8.1 |
5 | 17 | 10.5 |
6 | 5 | 3.1 |
7 | 5 | 3.1 |
8 | 4 | 2.4 |
12 | 2 | 1.2 |
Delayed health seeking | ||
Diagnosed at first visit | 65 | 40.1 |
Not diagnosed at first visit | 97 | 59.9 |
Major reasons for patient delay for more that 21 days | ||
Symptom disappear by itself | 76 | 79 |
Financial constrain | 10 | 10 |
Used herbal medicine | 4 | 4 |
Being HF distant | 7 | 7 |
Category of TB | ||
New | 140 | 86.4 |
previously treated | 22 | 13.6 |
The perception of cause of TB by the patients | ||
Due to draft | 78 | 48.2 |
Bacterial infection | 59 | 36.4 |
Dust particle | 14 | 8.6 |
Others | 11 | 6.8 |
Where do you go first when you develop sign of TB | ||
Health post | 45 | 27.7 |
Hospital | 59 | 36.4 |
Private HF | 44 | 27.2 |
Holly water | 9 | 5.6 |
Other | 5 | 3.1 |
Asked about TB at first visit | ||
yes | 92 | 56.8 |
No | 70 | 43.2 |
Type of TB | ||
Pulmonary | 115 | 71 |
Extra pulmonary | 47 | 29 |
Give Sputum Sample at first visit | ||
Yes | 86 | 53.1 |
No | 76 | 46.9 |
Previous contact history | ||
Yes | 43 | 26.5 |
No | 119 | 73.5 |
Who initiated you to Health facility | ||
The patient by itself | 75 | 46.3 |
Spouse of the patients | 22 | 13.6 |
Health extension worker | 10 | 6.1 |
My family | 19 | 11.7 |
Other relative | 24 | 14.9 |
HAD leaders | 6 | 3.7 |
Other | 6 | 3.7 |