TAILIEUCHUNG - Research on behavior and delay in seeking health services of tuberculosis patients at Namdinh provice in 2013

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 of patients correctly understood the cause of the disease, of patients agreed to vaccinate against tuberculosis for infants and agreed to go early examination when having signs of tuberculosis. Behavior seeking health care services for the first time when tuberculosis patients with suggestive symptoms of tuberculosis in the commune health station was and in district general hospital was and in private health facilities was . The time from the onset of symptoms until the diagnosed tuberculosis was fairly long, an average of months. The most common reason that patients delay in detecting tuberculosis was that they didn, t think they had tuberculosis with , and economic difficulties accounted for . Conclusion: Patient lacked knowledge about tuberculosis, behaviors seeking health services of tuberculosis patients mainly in primary health facilities, time from onset of symptoms until tuberculosis diagnosed fairly long. | Research on behavior and delay in seeking health services of tuberculosis patients at Namdinh provice in 2013

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• Tuberculosis behaviors
• Health services
• Tuberculosis patient
• Nam Dinh province
• Seeking health services
• Tuberculosis treatment
• The diagnosis of tuberculosis
• Seeking health services of tuberculosis patients
• Health services of tuberculosis patients at Namdinh province
• Behaviors seeking health services of tuberculosis patients
• Tuberculosis treatment at Namdinh province
• Knowledge about tuberculosis
• Photodecomposition
• Behaviors of Pesticides
• Water Supply
• Alumina Carrier
• Titanium Dioxide
• Dioxide Photocatalyst
• Health care seeking behaviour
• Treatment services
• Health prevention services
• Health care seeking behaviuor
• General characteristics of participants
• Public health
• Universal health coverage
• Health seeking behaviour
• Determinant factors
• Essential primary health services
• Social inequalities
• Health inequalities
• Child health
• Global health
• BMC Women's Health
• Reproductive tract infections
• Gynaecological morbidity
• Treatment seeking
• Women’s health
• Adolescent psychiatry
• Mental health
• Self harm
• Help seeking
• Psychosocial problems
• Non suicidal self harm
• BMC Geriatrics
• Back pain
• Low back pain
• Neck pain
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Observational study