Delays in care seeking

Low levels of cancer awareness may contribute to delays in seeking medical help and subsequent delays in diagnosis. For blood cancer this may be a particularly prominent problem due to the high prevalence of undifferentiated symptoms such as bodily pain, weakness, nausea and weight loss, resulting in low symptom awareness.

12p vioracle 29-09-2023 6 2   Download

Ethiopia’s National Malaria Control and Elimination Program aims to diagnose all suspected malaria cases within 24 h of fever onset and provide prompt treatment for confirmed cases. This study explored psychosocial factors associated with no-, delayed- and prompt- care-seeking among female caregivers of children under five years with fever in rural Ethiopia.

11p viferrari 28-11-2022 11 2   Download

Assessment of delays in seeking care and diagnosis of tuberculosis is essential to evaluate effectiveness of tuberculosis control programs, and identify programmatic impediments. Thus, this review of studies aimed to examine the extent of patient, health system, and total delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in low- and middle- income countries.

15p vimaine2711 26-03-2021 13 2   Download

The National Hospital of Pediatrics in Vietnam performed >200 exchange transfusions annually (2006–08), often on infants presenting encephalopathic from lower-level hospitals. As factors delaying care-seeking are not known, we sought to study care practices and traditional beliefs relating to neonatal jaundice in northern Vietnam.

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Without improving the survival of newborns, meaningful reduction in under-five mortality is difficult. Most neonatal deaths are preventable when appropriate and timely care is sought. In Ethiopia, there is lack of evidence on the type and contribution of delays in treatment seeking to neonatal deaths.

8p vidr2711 19-02-2020 17 1   Download

Globally pneumonia is the leading cause of under-five child mortality. Several risk factors for pneumonia mortality have been identified, including delay in seeking health care. For successful reduction of delay in seeking healthcare, further evidence is crucial on its magnitude and factors associated with it in the country particularly in the study area.

10p vivalletta2711 11-01-2020 17 1   Download

To describe the knowledge, behaviors seeking health services and determine the time from onset of symptoms until the tuberculosis disease was diagnosed. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional study by interviewing 341 tuberculosis patients, who registered tuberculosis treatment in 4 districts of Nam Dinh province in 2013. Results: Patients lacked knowledge about tuberculosis, only 57.8% of patients correctly understood the cause of the disease, 36.1% of patients agreed to vaccinate against tuberculosis for infants and 27.6% agreed to go early examination when having signs of tuberculosis.

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Today, tens of millions of Americans – including those with and without health insurance – struggle to pay their health care bills. A study released last year by CredAbility, a nonprofit credit counseling agency, estimated that 20% of their clients listed medical debt as the primary reason for seeking bankruptcy protection. The burden of being unable to afford care often has a greater impact on women than men. In one study, more than 50% of women delayed seeking medical care because they couldn't afford it, compared to 39% of men. Women are also less likely to...

42p nhacnenzingme 23-03-2013 43 4   Download

Tuberculosis (TB) is not as common as it was many years ago in the United States; consequently, clinicians do not always consider the possibility of TB disease when evaluating patients who have symptoms. As a result, the diagnosis of TB disease may be delayed or even overlooked, and the patient may remain ill and possibly infectious for a prolonged period. Not all persons with TB disease have symptoms; however, most persons with TB disease have one or more symptoms that lead them to seek medical care. All persons with symptoms of TB disease, or either a positive tuberculin skin test (TST)...

34p enter1cai 12-01-2013 38 1   Download

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.

7p taisaocothedung 12-01-2013 50 2   Download