dc.contributor.author | Purohit, Manju | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Purohit, Rajvi | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mustafa, Tehmina | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-03T10:50:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-03T10:50:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.Published | Purohit, Purohit, Mustafa. Patient knowledge, health seeking behavior and diagnostic delay in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: a hospital based study from central India. Tuberculosis research and treatment. 2019:4840561 | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 2090-1518 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2090-150X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23314 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective. We aimed to investigate the awareness, health care seeking behavior, and diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in a resource-constrained setting from Central India. Setting and Method. Questionnaire based interview of 1220 EPTB patients ≥14 years of age was conducted between July 2004 and August 2012 at Ujjain charitable Hospital, Ujjain, India. Results. Only 15% of patients had ever heard about EPTB and 2-4% knew about its prevention or treatment. Only 12% patients first sought medical advice while 49% patients practiced self-medication, 28% consulted traditional healers and 11% drug store/pharmacy. The median patient delay was 8 weeks (4.6-21.4 weeks). Majority (78%) of patients visited ≥3 health centers. Thirty-eight percent patients first visited any government health facility. Majority (97%) who first visited district and primary public health center were referred to private sector for investigations and 82% patients changed the consultation to private doctor after initial visit to public hospital. The median health system delay was 7 weeks (0.6-16.4 weeks). Conclusion. Patients had very poor awareness of EPTB. Patients were referred from public to private sector in search of diagnostic facilities. Improvement of public awareness about EPTB and better public-private partnership may contribute towards reduction in diagnostic delay. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | Hindawi | eng |
dc.rights | Attribution CC BY | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | eng |
dc.title | Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-01-21T18:50:45Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2019 The Authors | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4840561 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1779535 | |
dc.source.journal | Tuberculosis research and treatment | |