Research Article
Patient Delay in Initiating Tuberculosis Treatment and Associated Factors in Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region
Table 4
Health-seeking behaviors of TB patients in Oromia zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables | (%) |
| Treatment sought prior to first visit in health facilities | | No prior treatment | 275 (71.1%) | Private drug store/pharmacy | 63 (16.3%) | Traditional healers | 28 (7.2%) | Holy/hot water | 21 (5.4) | Decision to visit the first health facility was made by | | Patients themselves | 223 (57.6%) | Family members | 135 (34.9%) | Health workers | 29 (7.5%) | Health facility visited at first consultation | | Health centers | 192 (49.6%) | Clinics | 119 (30.7%) | Hospitals | 76 (19.6%) | Knowledge about TB | | Good knowledge | 196 (50.6%) | Poor knowledge | 191 (49.4%) | TB-associated stigma | | Low stigma | 223 (57.6%) | High stigma | 164 (42.4%) |
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