Healthcare-seeking delay during COVID-19 pandemic among tuberculosis patients in Ilubabor zone health facilities, south-west Ethiopia.
Jira Wakoya FeyisaKeno Melkamu KitilaJiregna Chalchisa LemuMegersa Dinku HundeAboma Diriba HundePublished in: SAGE open medicine (2022)
The study found that healthcare-seeking delay among TB patients was substantial. Patient healthcare-seeking delay was significantly associated with fear of COVID-19.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- coronavirus disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- prognostic factors
- sars cov
- peritoneal dialysis
- health information
- risk assessment
- hepatitis c virus
- patient reported
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- human health
- health insurance
- drug induced