Research Article
Factors Associated with Patient’s Delay in Tuberculosis Treatment in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Patient delay by TB categories in Bahir Dar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013.
| | | Smear positive
(%) | Smear negative
(%) | Extrapulmonary TB
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Patient delay in days (≤21 days) | | | | | | 1–7 days | 16 (21.3) | 19 (24.4) | 46 (22.2) | 81 (22.5) | | 8–14 days | 10 (13.3) | 11 (4.1) | 18 (8.7) | 39 (10.5) | | 15–21 days | 10 (13.3) | 3 (3.8) | 16 (7.7) | 29 (8.1) | | Total | 36 (48.0) | 33 (42.3) | 80 (38.6) | 149 (38.3) | | Patient delay in days (>21 days) | | | | | | 22–30 days | 8 (10.7) | 9 (11.5) | 23 (11.1) | 40 (11.3) | | 31–60 days | 14 (18.7) | 15 (19.2) | 20 (9.7) | 49 (13.6) | | 61–90 | 5 (6.7) | 7 (9.0) | 19 (9.2) | 31 (8.6) | | >90 days | 12 (16.0) | 14 (17.9) | 65 (31.4) | 91 (25.3) | | Total | 39 (52.0) | 45 (57.7) | 127 (61.4) | 211 (61.7) |
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