Estimating and Explaining the Differences in Health Care Seeking by Symptom Burden Among Persons With Presumptive Tuberculosis: Findings From a Population-Based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in a High-Burden Setting in India.

Prathiksha GiridharanKarikalan NagarajanSriram SelvarajuAsha FrederickEsakkipriya SubbiahSasikumar ManiKannan ThiruvengadamT S SelvavinayagamPadmapriyadarsini Chandrasekarannull null

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)

Increased symptom burden and symptoms other than the commonly emphasized cough and fever largely explained health care seeking. Orienting TB awareness and risk communications toward symptom burden and illness perceptions could help address population gaps in health care seeking for TB.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
mental health
pulmonary tuberculosis
primary care
hiv aids
patient reported
cross sectional
sleep quality
social media
antiretroviral therapy