FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DELAY IN TUBERCULOSIS MANAGEMENT IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA
| Autor: | Ahmad hafiz Mohamad, Md Mizanur Rahman, null Andrew Kiyu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine. 22:164-172 |
| ISSN: | 2590-3829 1675-0306 |
| DOI: | 10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.1/art.1022 |
| Popis: | Delay in Tuberculosis (TB) management is a public health concern that leads to unfavourable treatment outcomes. The delays could come from the patients or the health care facilities. This study aimed to determine TB management in terms of delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation among TB patients in Sarawak, Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted among adult TB patients through face-to-face interviews using adapted and validated questionnaires. Seven hundred twenty-four patients were selected using a systematic random sampling method from 17 TB clinics in Sarawak. Data entry and analysis were done by IBM SPSS Version 22.0. The median duration of the patient, diagnostic and treatment delay was 1080 days, 61 days, and two days, respectively. The multivariate binary logistic regression analysis revealed that the university level of education (p |
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