Delay along the care-seeking journey of patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya.
Stephen GichuhiJoy KabiruAlain M'bongo ZindamoyenHillary RonoErnest OllandoJoseph WachiraRhoda MuneneTimothy OnyumaMandeep S SagooDavid MacleodHelen A WeissMatthew J BurtonPublished in: BMC health services research (2017)
Referral delays definitive treatment for OSSN. Women were more likely to experience delay. Despite regular contact with the health system for those with known HIV infection, delays occurred. Early detection and referral of OSSN in the HIV service might reduce delays, but reassuringly delay did not give rise to a larger proportion with more advanced grade of OSSN.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- high grade
- healthcare
- mental health
- primary care
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- palliative care
- hepatitis c virus
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv testing
- low grade
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- men who have sex with men
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- locally advanced
- pain management
- combination therapy
- chronic pain
- skeletal muscle
- breast cancer risk
- replacement therapy
- cervical cancer screening