Jordan A Carlson, Alexandra M Mignano, Gregory J Norman, Thomas L McKenzie, Jacqueline Kerr, Elva M Arredondo, Hala Madanat, Kelli L Cain, John P Elder, Brian E Saelens, James F Sallis
Socioeconomic disparities in elementary school practices and children's physical activity during school
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
tuberculosis tb treatment delay one major challenges tb care many lowincome countries cases may contribute increased tb transmission severity illness aim study determine magnitude patient delay tb treatment associated factors dale district yirgalem town administration sidama region southern ethiopia january 1augst 30 2022 studied randomly selected 393 pulmonary tb cases directly observed treatment short course dots dale district yirgalem town administration conducting pretest interviewed participants sociodemographic health seeking behavior clinical factors reviewed tb registry trained enumerators interviewed collect data entered data epiinfo 7 version 354 exported statistical package social science spss version 23 analysis multivariable logistic regression used identify associated factors tb statistical significance defined using 95 confidence interval total 393 98 participants involved study magnitude delay tb treatment among study participants 223 567 95 ci 518 616 distance health facility home adjusted odds ratio aor 204 95 ci 13 32 seeking antibiotic treatment diagnosed tb aor 21 95 ci 13 35 knowledge tb prevention treatments aor 59 95 ci 36 98 factors associated delay tb treatment prevalence tb treatment delay among pulmonary tb patients study setting high delay tb treatment associated knowledge behavioral accessibility related factors providing health education active case finding tb would help minimizing delay