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Table 1 Lag times of Bihari and Nepali VL patients before receiving treatment

From: Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and reporting delays as an obstacle to timely response actions in Nepal and India

 

Time from feeling sick to seeking health care (TP)

 

Total

Bihar

Nepal

Male

Female

First episode

Recurrent episode

N

95

49

46

60

35

87

8

Mean (days)

18,62

7,59

30,37

17,95

19,77

19,23

12,75

95% Confidence Int.

12.2-25.1

3.8-11.9

18.4-42.4

10.5-25.4

7.3-32.3

12.0-26.5

4.7-20.8

Std. Error (SEM)

3.25

1.89

5.97

3.73

6.15

3.66

3.34

Std. Deviation (SD)

31,68

13,18

40,46

28,91

36,36

33,31

9,60

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p = 0.20

Mann-Whitney U-Test

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.626

p = 0,677

Median (days)

8

5

15

7,5

10

8

12

Interquartile range

11

7

23

11

26

11

16

Full range

209

89

207

149

209

209

27

 

Time from seeking health care to receiving the VL diagnosis (T D )

 

Total

Bihar

Nepal

Male

Female

First episode

Recurrent episode

N

95

49

46

60

35

87

8

Mean (days)

58,76

90,33

25,13

47,13

78,69

57,30

57,63

95% Confidence Int.

44.4-73.1

68.1-112.6

12.7-37.6

32.4-61.8

48.9-108.5

41.7-72.9

6-4-108.8

Std. Error (SEM)

7.24

11.08

6.17

7.35

14.65

7.83

21.65

Std. Deviation (SD)

70,59

77,57

41,84

56,92

86,66

71,36

61,23

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p = 0.02

p < 0.01

p = 0.05

Mann-Whitney U-Test

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.094

p = 0.968

Median (days)

32

67

9

30

34

30

42

Interquartile range

71

92

24

57

105

66

101

Full range

364

363

194

247

364

364

161

 

Time from diagnosis to receiving treatment (T T )

 

Total

Bihar

Nepal

Male

Female

First episode

Recurrent episode

N

91

48

43

58

33

83

8

Mean (days)

4,63

6,17

2,91

4,97

4,03

4,81

2,75

95% Confidence Int.

2.7-6.5

3.0-9.3

1.0-4.8

2.2-7.8

2.1-5.9

2.8-6.9

0.2-5.3

Std. Error (SEM)

0.95

1.56

0.95

1.40

0.93

1.03

1.07

Std. Deviation (SD)

9,05

10,80

6,24

10,62

5,34

9,42

3,01

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

Mann-Whitney U-Test

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.714

p = 0.868

Median (days)

5

2

1

1

1

1

1,5

Interquartile range

4

7

3

4

6

4

5

Full range

55

54

37

55

23

55

8

  1. Time from feeling sick to seeking health care (TP), time from seeking health care to receiving the VL diagnosis (TD) and time from diagnosis to receiving treatment (TT). Data is given as total as well as stratified by nationality, sex and VL history.