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- Title
Fatores associados ao atraso na procura por atendimento pelo doente de tuberculose.
- Authors
Nayara Azevêdo Dantas, Dândara; Cruz Enders, Bertha; Carvalho de Oliveira, Déborah Raquel; Nascimento Kluczynic Vieira, Caroline Evelin; Rêgo de Queiroz, Ana Angélica; Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
- Abstract
Objective: To identify social, clinical and behavioral factors of tuberculosis patients that are associated with delay in the search for primary health care. Method: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 56 people on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in the city of Natal, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The data were collected through a structured instrument. The Chi-square and Fisher tests were applied to test the association between independent and dependent variables (search time). A value of p <0.05 was set as statistically significant. Results: No social or clinical variables were statistically associated with patient delays in the search for primary health care. Among the behavioral variables, self-medication and the first health service sought had a statistically significant association with the time for seeking care (p = 0.020, and p = 0.033, respectively). Conclusion: Self-medication contributes to the delay in the search for primary health care by tuberculosis patients.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TUBERCULOSIS treatment; CHI-squared test; DIAGNOSIS; FISHER exact test; HELP-seeking behavior; MEDICAL care use; MEDICAL errors; PRIMARY health care; PROBABILITY theory; SELF medication; TUBERCULOSIS; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; TREATMENT delay (Medicine); SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 71, p691
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0680