Table 2 Patient and health system delay among new TB cases, by background characteristics, Malawi, 2011
Patient delay (days) | Health system delay (days) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||
Total | 460 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 59.0 | 27-108 | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 304 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 59.0 | 28-99 | ||
Female | 156 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 64.0 | 24-125 | ||
Age at diagnosis (years) | |||||||
< 34 | 221 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 59.0 | 27-100 | ||
≥ 34 | 239 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 63.0 | 26-121 | ||
Education | |||||||
No school | 65 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 84.0 | 41-152 | ||
Primary | 219 | 21.0 | 14-28 | 57.0 | 27-107 | ||
Secondary & above | 176 | 14.0 | 7-28 | 54.0 | 24-91 | ||
Occupation | |||||||
Unemployed | 204 | 21.0 | 14-30 | * | 66.5 | 31-118 | |
Self-employed | 146 | 17.5 | 14-30 | * | 51.5 | 24-92 | |
Employed | 110 | 14.0 | 7-21 | * | 62.0 | 28-121 | |
Distance to nearest TB diagnostic facility | |||||||
0 – 10 Km | 278 | 21.0 | 14-28 | 56.5 | 26-100 | ||
>10 Km | 140 | 21.0 | 14-28 | 73.5 | 32-119 | ||
Unknown | 42 | 14.0 | 13-28 | 47.5 | 21-133 | ||
Heard of TB before diagnosis | |||||||
Yes | 268 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 66.0 | 31-116 | ||
No | 192 | 21.0 | 14-28 | 50.5 | 22-98 | ||
Knowledge of coughing > 3 weeks as a TB symptom | |||||||
Yes | 186 | 21.0 | 14-30 | * | 73.0 | 29-116 | |
No | 82 | 14.0 | 7-28 | * | 64.0 | 31-118 | |
Perceiving condition as worsening | |||||||
Yes | 80 | 14.0 | 14-30 | 39.5 | 19-93 | ||
No | 380 | 17.5 | 14-28 | 63.0 | 31-115 | ||
Health facility first visited | |||||||
Hospital | 253 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 45.0 | 20-86 | * | |
Health centre | 114 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 86.0 | 43-135 | * | |
Drug store& traditional | 53 | 14.0 | 11-21 | 91.0 | 54-140 | * | |
Private clinic | 40 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 57.0 | 27-94 | * | |
Smear | |||||||
Positive | 302 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 62.5 | 28-111 | ||
Negative | 37 | 21.0 | 7-29 | 66.0 | 26-127 | ||
Unknown/not done | 121 | 21.0 | 14-29 | 56.0 | 25-98 | ||