ArticleEpidemiology and infection2019
Gender and time delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study from China.
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- Age-specific clinical profiles and economic burden of pediatric tuberculosis: a 5-year retrospective study in central China.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Lack of sex- and gender-disaggregated data in diagnostics: findings from a scoping review of five tracer conditions.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Trends of a decade in risk factors of patient delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients during fast aging and urbanization - analysis of surveillance data from 2008 to 2017 in Wuhan, China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Gender differences in health-seeking behaviour, diagnosis and treatment for TB.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Article
- Gender Differences in Factors Associated with the Total Delay in Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Selangor, Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Tuberculosis from the perspective of men and women.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Article
- Factors Associated With Diagnostic Delays in Human Brucellosis in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Determination of related factors about diagnostic and treatment delays in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in TurkeyTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Gender inequality has severe consequences on public health in terms of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). In order to explore gender-related differences in diagnosis delay, a cross-sectional study of 10 686 patients diagnosed with PTB in Yulin from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2014 was conducted. Diagnosis delay was categorised into 'short delay' and 'long delay' by four commonly used cut-off points of 14, 30, 60 and 90 days. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyse gender differences in diagnostic delay. Stratified analyses by smear results, age, urban/rural were performed to examine whether the effect persisted across the strata. The median delay was 31 days (interquartile range 13-65). Diagnostic delay in females at cut-off points of 14, 30, 60 and 90 days had odds ratios (OR) of 0.99 (95% CI 0.91-1.09), 1.09 (95% CI 1.01-1.18), 1.15 (95% CI 1.05-1.26) and 1.18 (95% CI 1.06-1.31), respectively, compared with males. Stratified analysis showed that females were associated with increased risk of longer delay among those aged 30-60 years, smear positive and living in the rural areas (P < 0.05). The female-to-male OR increased along with increased delay time. Further inquiry into the underlying reasons for gender differences should be urgently addressed to improve the current situation.
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