tailieunhanh - Delay in DOTS for new pulmonary tuberculosis patient from rural area of Wardha District, India

Vast majority of active tuberculosis patients seeks treatment, do so promptly, still many patients spend a great deal of time and money “shopping for health” and too often they do not receive either accurate diagnosis or effective treatment, despite spending considerable resources. Objective: To find out the time taken to, for diagnosis of tuberculosis and to put patient on DOTS from the onset of symptoms and pattern of health seeking behavior of new pulmonary tuberculosis patients. A cross-sectional rapid assessment using qualitative (FGD) and quantitative (Interview) methods conducted at DOTS center of tertiary care hospital from rural Wardha. Participants: 53 pulmonary tuberculosis patients already on DOTS, in intensive phase. Main outcome measure:. | Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences Peer Reviewed Open Access Free Online Journal Published Quarterly Mangalore South India ISSN 0972-5997 Volume 9 Issue 1 Jan-Mar 2010 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works India License Original Article Delay in DOTS for new pulmonary tuberculosis patient from rural area of Wardha District India Shilpa Bawankule Post Graduate student Internal Medicine Government Medical College Hospital Nagpur Maharashtra India Quazi Syed Zahiruddin Associate professor Dept of Community Medicine J N Medical College Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi Meghe Wardha Abhay Gaidhane Associate professor Dept of Community Medicine J N Medical College Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi Meghe Wardha Nazli Khatib Assistant Professor Dept of Physiology J N Medical College Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi Meghe Wardha Address For Correspondence Dr. Abhay Gaidhane 196 Indraprasth Nagar Pannase Layout Nagpur - 440022 Maharashtra India E-mail abhaygaidhane@ Citation Bawankule S Quazi SZ Gaidhane A Khatib N. Delay in DOTS for new pulmonary tuberculosis patient from rural area of Wardha District India. Online J Health Allied Scs. 2010 9 1 5 URL http issue33 Open Access Archives http view subjects and http view subjects Submitted Dec 17 2009 Suggested revision Dec 19 2009 Resubmitted Dec 27 2009 Suggested revision Mar 31 2010 Resubmitted Apr 13 2010 Accepted Jul 10 2010 Published Jul 30 2010 Abstract Vast majority of active tuberculosis patients seeks treatment do so promptly still many patients spend a great deal of time and money shopping for health and too often they do not receive either accurate diagnosis or effective treatment despite spending considerable resources. Objective To find out the time taken to for diagnosis of tuberculosis and to put patient on DOTS from the .

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