To Study the Extent of Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment under DOTS.
| dc.contributor.author | Rathi, Nitin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jhamb, Rajat | |
| dc.contributor.author | Verma, Pushpender | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sarin, Rohit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-20T08:59:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-20T08:59:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Present study was prospectively carried out at the 3 DOTS cum Microscopy Centres, associated with LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease. A pre-tested and pre-designed questionnaire was developed to study the objectives and the patients were interviewed with the questionnaire at beginning of treatment. Among the 311 patients who were included in the study , 158 patients consisted of different type of delay. In the study maximum delay was patient delay (43.08%) i.e. in DOTS maximum delay is due to patients reporting to the clinic after onset of symptoms. Diagnosis delay was found in only 7.34% cases, indicating that the diagnosis in DOTS is efficient. Treatment delay consisted of 22.5% among study among study population i.e. late initiation of treatment under DOTS is a major issue on which the system have to concentrate. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rathi Nitin, Jhamb Rajat, Verma Pushpender, Sarin Rohit. To Study the Extent of Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment under DOTS. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2011 Jun; 43(2): 113-119. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/148401 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://ismocd.org/jcd/43_2/nitin%20rathi%20et%20al%20pp%20113-119.pdf | en_US |
| dc.title | To Study the Extent of Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment under DOTS. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |