ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2009
Factors associated with delayed tuberculosis test-seeking behavior in the Peruvian Amazon.
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- A structured community engagement strategy to support uptake of TB active case-finding.Public health action · 2022Article
- Community drivers of tuberculosis diagnostic delay in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Patient Delay in Initiating Tuberculosis Treatment and Associated Factors in Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region.Pulmonary medicine · 2020Article
- Improving outcomes for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Peruvian Amazon - a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Delays to anti-tuberculosis treatment intiation among cases on directly observed treatment short course in districts of southwestern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Intrinsic and extrinsic factors associated with sputum characteristics of presumed tuberculosis patients.PloS one · 2019Article
- A Bayesian Approach to Understanding Sex Differences in Tuberculosis Disease Burden.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay in Lima, Peru.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- Delays to treatment initiation is associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes among patients on directly observed treatment short course in Southwest Ethiopia: a follow-up study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2018Article
- Sputum Microscopy With Fluorescein Diacetate Predicts Tuberculosis Infectiousness.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Article
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- Tuberculosis-related knowledge is associated with patient outcomes in shantytown residents; results from a cohort study, Peru.The Journal of infection · 2015Observational
- Health, healthcare access, and use of traditional versus modern medicine in remote Peruvian Amazon communities: a descriptive study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2015Article
- Accessibility to tuberculosis control services and tuberculosis programme performance in southern Ethiopia.Global health action · 2015Article
- The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2014Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine the psychosocial factors associated with delayed test-seeking among tuberculosis patients. The duration of symptoms before seeking medical care was assessed by interview for 108 newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon, which has high tuberculosis incidence. Beliefs associated with test-seeking behavior and delay was assessed in these patients. The median delay from symptom onset to seeking diagnostic testing was 61 days (inter-quartile range 30-91 days). The belief that tuberculosis is curable was associated with a 100% longer test-seeking delay; the perception that tuberculosis was common was associated with a 57% longer delay; male gender was associated with a 48% longer delay; and education less than complete secondary schooling was associated with a 44% longer delay. In conclusion, current health promotion activities that emphasize tuberculosis curability and high prevalence may paradoxically increase test-seeking delay and therefore require prospective evaluation.
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