Total Delay in Treatment of Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among New Pulmonary TB Patients in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18
Table 6
Distribution of total treatment delay among clinical profiles of the study participants in selected health facilities of Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia, 2017/18.
Variables
Total treatment delay (≥60 days)
No (%)
Yes (%)
Total
Presence of previous history of TB
Yes
21(58.3)
15(41.7)
36
No
186(48.2)
200(51.8)
386
Level of severity of the illness before first visit to health facility