Table 2 Symptom duration and treatment delay of TB patients in the study.
From: Treatment delay among tuberculosis patients in Tanzania: Data from the FIDELIS Initiative
| Â | Symptom duration (weeks) | Treatment delay (weeks) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom | n | Mean | Median | n | Mean | Median |
All | Â | Â | Â | 1161 | 15.2 | 12 |
   Missing |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |
Cough | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  |
   Yes | 1174 | 13.5 | 12 | 1158 | 15.2 | 12 |
   Missing | 3 |  |  | 19 |  |  |
Hemoptysis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 921 |  |  | 921 |  |  |
   Yes | 182 | 5.6 | 3 | 182 | 16.1 | 12 |
   Missing | 76 |  |  | 76 |  |  |
Fever | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes | 1053 | 10.0 | 8 | 1080 | 15.3 | 12 |
   Missing | 125 |  |  |  |  |  |
Weight loss | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 14 |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes | 978 | 10.2 | 8 | 1025 | 15.7 | 12 |
   Missing | 187 |  |  |  |  |  |
Other complaints | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Chest pain |  |  |  | 661 | 14.5 | 12 |
   Dyspnoea* |  |  |  | 79 | 19.3 | 15 |
   Weakness |  |  |  | 237 | 15.3 | 12 |
   Anorexia |  |  |  | 57 | 15.9 | 12 |
   Diarrhoea* |  |  |  | 16 | 22.5 | 20 |