Perceptions on the effectiveness of treatment and the timeline of Buruli ulcer influence pre-hospital delay reported by healthy individuals.
| Autor: | Marike Alferink, Tjip S van der Werf, Ghislain E Sopoh, Didier C Agossadou, Yves T Barogui, Frederic Assouto, Chantal Agossadou, Roy E Stewart, Ymkje Stienstra, Adelita V Ranchor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 1, p e2014 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1935-2727 1935-2735 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002014 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Delay in seeking treatment at the hospital is a major challenge in current Buruli ulcer control; it is associated with severe sequelae and functional limitations. Choosing alternative treatment and psychological, social and practical factors appear to influence delay. Objectives were to determine potential predictors for pre-hospital delay with Leventhal's commonsense model of illness representations, and to explore whether the type of available dominant treatment modality influenced individuals' perceptions about BU, and therefore, influenced pre-hospital delay. METHODOLOGY: 130 healthy individuals aged >18 years, living in BU-endemic areas in Benin without any history of BU were included in this cross-sectional study. Sixty four participants from areas where surgery was the dominant treatment and sixty six participants from areas where antibiotic treatment was the dominant treatment modality were recruited. Using a semi-structured interview we measured illness perceptions (IPQ-R), knowledge about BU, background variables and estimated pre-hospital delay. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The individual characteristics 'effectiveness of treatment' and 'timeline acute-chronic' showed the strongest association with pre-hospital delay. No differences were found between regions where surgery was the dominant treatment and regions where antibiotics were the dominant treatment modality. CONCLUSIONS: Individual characteristics, not anticipated treatment modality appeared predictors of pre-hospital delay. |
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