Factors associated with treatment delay among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Dessie city and surroundings, Northern Central Ethiopia

About half of TB patients delayed beyond 36 days before starting treatment, and the late patient health seeking behavior was the major contributor of total delay. Development and implementation of strategies aimed at addressing identified factors should be recognized in order to reduce TB treatment delay. Further well designed research is needed to explore additional risk factors of delayed treatment

Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Interquartile range · Logistic regression · Multivariate analysis · Odds ratio · Pathology · Public health · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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