The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 1997
Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients attending a university teaching hospital.
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Liam C K, Tang B G
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SETTING: University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate patient and doctor delays in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients attending a tertiary teaching hospital.
DESIGN: A total of 97 patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis at our hospital were interviewed to study the process of case-finding since the onset of symptoms. Time intervals between onset, first medical consultation and the final diagnosis and commencement of antituberculosis treatment were determined. Demographic and clinical features were evaluated for their effect on these intervals.
RESULTS: 36 cases were sputum smear-positive and 61 were smear-negative. Tuberculosis was eventually confirmed in 32 of the smear-negative cases. The medians of patient delay, doctor delay and total delay were 2 weeks, 7 weeks and 12.5 weeks, respectively. The majority of the patients consulted private general practitioners but the diagnosis of tuberculosis was rarely suspected; chest X-ray and sputum examinations were under-utilized.
CONCLUSION: To shorten patient delay the public should be educated about the symptoms of tuberculosis and the importance of early medical consultation. Private general practitioners should be more alert to the diagnostic possibility of tuberculosis and refer the patients promptly to the government hospitals for appropriate investigation.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate patient and doctor delays in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients attending a tertiary teaching hospital.
DESIGN: A total of 97 patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis at our hospital were interviewed to study the process of case-finding since the onset of symptoms. Time intervals between onset, first medical consultation and the final diagnosis and commencement of antituberculosis treatment were determined. Demographic and clinical features were evaluated for their effect on these intervals.
RESULTS: 36 cases were sputum smear-positive and 61 were smear-negative. Tuberculosis was eventually confirmed in 32 of the smear-negative cases. The medians of patient delay, doctor delay and total delay were 2 weeks, 7 weeks and 12.5 weeks, respectively. The majority of the patients consulted private general practitioners but the diagnosis of tuberculosis was rarely suspected; chest X-ray and sputum examinations were under-utilized.
CONCLUSION: To shorten patient delay the public should be educated about the symptoms of tuberculosis and the importance of early medical consultation. Private general practitioners should be more alert to the diagnostic possibility of tuberculosis and refer the patients promptly to the government hospitals for appropriate investigation.