TABLE 4: Time spent by patients during diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB (n=65).
Time spent by patient with treatment | Months feeling symptoms | How far, in minutes, is the closest health service for diagnosis and treatment? | Duration of pre-diagnosis appointments (hours) | Duration of appointments for receiving medicines (minutes) |
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Average | 2,4 | 35,2 | 3,2 | 125,6 |
Standard deviation | 1,8 | 33,9 | 2,5 | 126,5 |
Coefficient of variation | 77.4% | 96.4% | 80.0% | 100.7% |
Median | 2,0 | 20,0 | 3,0 | 135,0 |
Total number of patients | 65.0 |