ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2013
Perceptions on the effectiveness of treatment and the timeline of Buruli ulcer influence pre-hospital delay reported by healthy individuals.
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- Drugs for treating Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025Review
- Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Pharmacologic management ofExpert review of clinical pharmacology · 2020Review
- Implementation of a decentralized community-based treatment program to improve the management of Buruli ulcer in the Ouinhi district of Benin, West Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Former Buruli Ulcer Patients' Experiences and Wishes May Serve as a Guide to Further Improve Buruli Ulcer Management.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts.The Pan African medical journal · 2016Article
- In-vitro activity of avermectins against Mycobacterium ulcerans.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
- Contribution of the community health volunteers in the control of Buruli ulcer in Bénin.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundDelay in seeking treatment at the hospital is a major challenge in current Buruli ulcer control; it is associated with severe sequelae and functional limitations. Choosing alternative treatment and psychological, social and practical factors appear to influence delay. Objectives were to determine potential predictors for pre-hospital delay with Leventhal's commonsense model of illness representations, and to explore whether the type of available dominant treatment modality influenced individuals' perceptions about BU, and therefore, influenced pre-hospital delay. METHODOLOGY: 130 healthy individuals aged >18 years, living in BU-endemic areas in Benin without any history of BU were included in this cross-sectional study. Sixty four participants from areas where surgery was the dominant treatment and sixty six participants from areas where antibiotic treatment was the dominant treatment modality were recruited. Using a semi-structured interview we measured illness perceptions (IPQ-R), knowledge about BU, background variables and estimated pre-hospital delay. PRINCIPAL
findingsThe individual characteristics 'effectiveness of treatment' and 'timeline acute-chronic' showed the strongest association with pre-hospital delay. No differences were found between regions where surgery was the dominant treatment and regions where antibiotics were the dominant treatment modality.
conclusionsIndividual characteristics, not anticipated treatment modality appeared predictors of pre-hospital delay.
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