Health care seeking pattern of tuberculosis patients attending an urban TB clinic in Delhi.

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dc.contributor.authorDhingra, V Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorRajpal, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaneja, D Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorKalra, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorMalhotra, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2002-09-02en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T17:40:25Z
dc.date.available2002-09-02en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T17:40:25Z
dc.date.issued2002-09-02en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study of pattern of health care seeking of tuberculosis patients is important for identification of factors which might influence delayed reporting of tuberculosis cases, especially the open pulmonary cases. Consecutive 301 pulmonary TB patients, belonging to any of the categories under RNTCP, diagnosed at New Delhi Tuberculosis Centre or its sub-centres over a six-month period were assessed for health care seeking pattern. "Delay" was defined as the time over 3 weeks that a case took to report to the area TB facility. 43.2% patients reported to the TB health facility on their own and others were referred by government hospitals (34.9%) and general practitioners (21.9%). Median delay over 3 weeks was 2.69 weeks for all three categories combined, with a significantly higher delay (3.41 weeks) for retreatment cases as compared to new cases (2.13 weeks). No significant differences were observed in health seeking delay in relation to sex, income, literacy status and source of referral and sputum status. Extensive health education activities can reduce this period of delay in health seeking and result in reduction of transmission of tuberculosis to healthy members of the family and community.en_US
dc.description.affiliationNew Delhi Tuberculosis Centre, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110 002.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDhingra VK, Rajpal S, Taneja DK, Kalra D, Malhotra R. Health care seeking pattern of tuberculosis patients attending an urban TB clinic in Delhi. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2002 Sep; 34(3): 185-92en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/111667
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAmbulatory Care Facilitiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Educationen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshPatient Acceptance of Health Care --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshReferral and Consultationen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshTime Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshTuberculosis, Pulmonary --physiopathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshUrban Populationen_US
dc.titleHealth care seeking pattern of tuberculosis patients attending an urban TB clinic in Delhi.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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