ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2022
Increased Healthcare Delays in Tuberculosis Patients During the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis patients' healthcare-seeking behaviors and doctors' diagnosis delays.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Long-term impact of COVID-19-related nonpharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis: an interrupted time series analysis using Bayesian method.Journal of global health · 2025Article
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- The global impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis: A thematic scoping review, 2020-2023.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Tuberculous meningitis patient pathways and delays to diagnosis in Indonesia: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on epidemic trend of hepatitis C in Henan Province assessed by interrupted time series analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Analysis of compound health impacts of heatwave and COVID-19 in Korea from May to September in 2020.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- [IMPACT ON TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSTIC DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL].Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica · 2022Article
- To Prescribe, or Not to Prescribe, That Is the Question.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- Changing Epidemiology of Respiratory Tract Infection during COVID-19 Pandemic.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Tuberculosis Phenotypic and Genotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing and Immunodiagnostics: A Review.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused disruptions to healthcare systems, consequently endangering tuberculosis (TB) control. We investigated delays in TB treatment among notified patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea.
methodsWe systemically collected and analyzed data from the Korea TB cohort database from January to May 2020. Groups were categorized as 'before-pandemic' and 'during-pandemic' based on TB notification period. Presentation delay was defined as the period between initial onset of symptoms and the first hospital visit, and healthcare delay as the period between the first hospital visit and anti-TB treatment initiation. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate factors associated with delays in TB treatment.
resultsProportion of presentation delay > 14 days was not significantly different between two groups (48.3% vs. 43.7%,
conclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic was associated with healthcare delay of > 5 days in Korea. Public health interventions are necessary to minimize the pandemic's impact on the national TB control project.
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