Table 1 Characteristics of, and total delays among 2,093 new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Vietnam
From: Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
N (%) | Total delay in weeks | Percentage due to patient delay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (95% CI) | P-value | Median (25–75 percentiles) | |||
Time (weeks) | 7.5 (6.8–7.5) | 4 (3–8) | 62.7% | ||
Sex | < 0.001 | ||||
Men | 1491 (71.4) | 7.1 (6.4–7.8) | 4 (3–8) | 62.0% | |
Women | 596 (28.6) | 8.4 (7.4–9.4) | 5 (4–9) | 66.7% | |
Age (years) | 0.001 | ||||
0–24 | 187 (9.1) | 5.6 (5.0–6.3) | 4 (3–8) | 60.7% | |
25–34 | 328 (15.9) | 6.3 (5.4-7.1) | 4 (3–8) | 61.9% | |
35–44 | 445 (21.7) | 8.1 (6.1–10.1) | 4 (3–8) | 58.0% | |
45–54 | 378 (18.4) | 7.5 (6.5–8.5) | 4 (3–8) | 68.0% | |
55–64 | 251 (12.2) | 8.1 (6.7–9.4) | 5 (3–9) | 66.7% | |
65+ | 464 (22.6) | 8.2 (6.9–9.4) | 5 (4–8) | 64.6% | |
Ethnicity | 0.048 | ||||
Viet | 1944 (94.0) | 7.4 (6.8–8.0) | 4 (3–8) | 62.2% | |
Ethnic minority | 124 (6.0) | 8.4 (6.7–10.0) | 5 (4–9) | 86.9% | |
Education level | 0.013 | ||||
Low | 895 (42.9) | 7.5 (6.8–8.2) | 4 (3–8) | 65.3% | |
Middle | 793 (38.1) | 7.5 (6.8–8.2) | 5 (3–8) | 64.0% | |
High | 396 (19.0) | 7.3 (5.1–9.5) | 4 (3–8) | 57.5% | |
Distance from health facility | 0.373 | ||||
0–5 km | 1504 (73.4) | 7.5 (6.7–8.2) | 4 (3–8) | 57.3% | |
More than 5 km | 544 (26.6) | 7.2 (6.4–8.1) | 4 (3–8) | 77.8% | |
Health care provider visited initially because of cough | < 0.001 | ||||
District health center | 339 (16.3) | 6.6 (5.9–7.2) | 4 (3–8) | 89.4% | |
Commune health post | 620 (29.9) | 9.1 (6.3–11.9) | 5 (4–8) | 67.0% | |
Public hospital | 360 (17.4) | 5.6 (4.9–6.3) | 4 (2–6) | 80.4% | |
Pharmacy | 326 (15.7) | 9.0 (8.0–9.9) | 6 (4–12) | 21.1% | |
Private physician | 339 (16.3) | 7.2 (6.2–8.2) | 4 (3–8) | 45.8% | |
Traditional healer | 32 (1.5) | 6.7 (5.0–8.4) | 6 (4–8) | 58.2% | |
Other | 59 (2.8) | 12.7 (6.5–18.8) | 4 (3–10) | 78.7% | |
Area | < 0.001 | ||||
Rural | 1029 (49.2) | 8.1 (7.4–8.9) | 5 (4–8) | 65.4% | |
Urban | 808 (38.6) | 5.8 (5.4–6.2) | 4 (3–7) | 56.9% | |
Remote | 256 (12.2) | 9.9 (6.4–13.3) | 5 (3–9) | 71.7% | |
Region (n = 2,087) | < 0.001 | ||||
South | 1316 (62.9) | 5.7 (5.3–6.0) | 4 (3–6) | 52.6% | |
North | 567 (27.1) | 11.2 (9.3–13.1) | 6 (4–10) | 81.3% | |
Central | 210 (10.0) | 8.6 (7.2–10.0) | 5 (4–9) | 44.2% | |