ArticleBMC infectious diseases2023
Factors associated with diagnostic delay of pulmonary tuberculosis among children and adolescents in Quzhou, China: results from the surveillance data 2011-2021.
Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Benefits of three consecutive sputum inductions using nebulized racemic salbutamol versus hypertonic saline in smear-negative or sputum-scarce pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a prospective randomized, double-blind study.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Trial
- Clinical characteristics and risk factors of severe pulmonary tuberculosis in children in Yunnan, China.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
- Comparison of active and passive case finding on diagnostic delay and treatment outcomes in older patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cohort study using real-world data.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Analysis of factors influencing patient delay in tuberculosis patients in Northeast China: surveillance data from 2015 to 2024.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Delays in tuberculosis care among the top-ten-tuberculosis-high burden countries in the world: a scoping review.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2026Review
- Student-Led Health Education Intervention Package Enhanced Tuberculosis Prevention in Colleges: A Quasi-Experimental One-Group Pre-Test/Post-Test Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Article
- Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios as easy-to-use biomarkers for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children and adolescents.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Trends in epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis among children and youth in Chinese mainland from 2019 to 2024: analysis of national surveillance data.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Timely Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- A Blood and Biochemical Indicator-Based Prognostic Model Predicting Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Retrospective Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Delay Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Before, During and After COVID-19 Pandemic in Yichang City, China: A Longitudinal Study Based on Tuberculosis Surveillance Data.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Impact of integrating traditional care with the modern healthcare system in reducing tuberculosis diagnosis delays in Ethiopia: a clustered randomized controlled study.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics and Spatiotemporal Clustering of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Students in Southwest China From 2016 to 2022: Analysis of Population-Based Surveillance Data.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of tuberculosis aggregation in schools in Wuhan, China during 2017-2022.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
purposeTuberculosis is a high-burden disease and a major health concern in China, especially among children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors for diagnostic delay in students with pulmonary tuberculosis in Quzhou City in eastern China. PATIENTS AND
methodsCases of PTB in students and relevant information in Quzhou from 2011 to 2021 were collected using the TB Management Information System. The outcome of interest was diagnostic delay (i.e. ≥ 28 days between symptom onset and treatment initiation). Risk factors for diagnostic delay were identified using multivariable logistic regression.
resultsA total of 629 students in Quzhou were diagnosed with PTB during the study period, of whom 55.5% were male. The median diagnostic delay was 18 days (Inter Quartile Range, [IQR]: 8-38) and 38.0% of the students had a diagnostic delay. Living in a rural area (adjusted odds ratio, [AOR]: 1.56, 95% confidence interval [CI:] 1.11-2.19), developing PTB symptoms in the first quarter of the year (AOR: 2.18, 95% CI: 1.40-3.40), and no sputum smear result (AOR: 8.73, 95% CI: 1.68-45.30) were significantly associated with a diagnostic delay. Discovery through health examinations (AOR: 0.33, 95% CI: 0.17-0.63) was associated with reduced risk of diagnostic delay.
conclusionSchools in rural areas should pay special attention to increasing student awareness of the symptoms of tuberculosis and provide health education on tuberculosis prevention and control to students and staff.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.