Table 3 Patient delay and health system delay among retreatment TB cases, by background characteristics, Malawi, 2011
Patient delay (days) | Health system delay (days) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||
Total | 128 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 40.5 | 22-91 | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 84 | 14.0 | 7-25 | 40.5 | 21-98 | ||
Female | 44 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 41.0 | 22-84 | ||
Age at diagnosis (years) | |||||||
< 34 | 55 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 43.0 | 24-93 | ||
≥ 34 | 73 | 14.0 | 7-28 | 39.0 | 21-88 | ||
Education | |||||||
No school | 17 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 62.0 | 21-95 | ||
Primary | 66 | 14.0 | 7-29 | 40.5 | 22-93 | ||
Secondary & above | 45 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 40.0 | 21-83 | ||
Occupation | |||||||
Unemployed | 51 | 14.0 | 7-28 | 43.0 | 27-82 | ||
Self-employed | 55 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 39.0 | 19-113 | ||
Employed | 22 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 39.5 | 19-104 | ||
Distance to nearest TB diagnostic facility | |||||||
0 – 10 Km | 86 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 47.5 | 23-95 | ||
>10 Km | 30 | 21.0 | 14-28 | 25.5 | 17-54 | ||
Unknown | 12 | 17.5 | 9-30 | 74.0 | 42-102 | ||
Heard of TB before diagnosis | |||||||
Yes | 128 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 40.5 | 22-91 | ||
No | 0 | - | - | - | - | ||
Knowledge of coughing > 3 weeks as a TB symptom | |||||||
Yes | 82 | 21.0 | 14-30 | * | 40.0 | 22-92 | |
No | 23 | 14.0 | 7-28 | * | 41.5 | 20-107 | |
Perceiving condition as worsening | |||||||
Yes | 23 | 14.0 | 7-28 | 41.0 | 19-73 | ||
No | 105 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 40.0 | 22-93 | ||
Health facility first visited | |||||||
Hospital | 92 | 14.0 | 7-21 | 38.0 | 22-71 | * | |
Health centre | 19 | 21.0 | 14-30 | 43.0 | 17-130 | * | |
Drug store& traditional | 12 | 14.0 | 14-28 | 123.5 | 85-189 | * | |
Private clinic | 5 | 7.0 | 7-14 | 76.0 | 18-133 | * | |
Smear | |||||||
Positive | 87 | 14.0 | 7-28 | 38.0 | 16-79 | * | |
Negative | 21 | 14.0 | 7-25 | 59.0 | 30-162 | * | |
Unknown/ not done | 20 | 14.0 | 7-20 | 68.5 | 28-97 | * | |