Patient and Doctor Delays in Smear-Negative and Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Attending a Referral Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Table 3

Distribution of the patients having delay with respect to delay criteria in groups.

Presence of delay	Group 1		Group 2
		%		%
Patient delay^†
Yes	16	24.6	24	33.8
No	49	75.4	47	66.2
Doctor delay*
Yes	53	81.5	55	77.5
No	12	18.5	16	22.5
Referral delay**
Yes	48	73.8	45	63.4
No	17	26.2	26	36.6
Clinical delay°
Yes	39	60	29	40.8
No	26	40	42	59.2
Total delay^‡
Yes	43	66.1	44	62
No	22	33.9	27	38

; *; **; °; and ^‡.