Table 4. Codes used to create the conceptual framework.
| Factors contributing to diagnostic delay | Conceptual codes: PDTB | Conceptual codes: family members | Conceptual codes: health personnel |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Material resources and social support available | Initial reactions to symptoms | Reasons for high TB prevalence | Reasons for high TB prevalence |
| Knowledge of TB prior to diagnosis | Groups at greater risk of contracting TB | Groups at greater risk of contracting TB | |
| Knowledge of TB transmission | Common community knowledge of TB | Common community knowledge of TB | |
| Knowledge of causes of TB | Initial reactions to TB diagnosis | ||
| Other health beliefs related to TB mentioned | Generalized beliefs and behaviors of PDTB | ||
| Reasons why individuals wait to seek care at public health posts | |||
| Initial reactions to TB diagnosis | |||
| B. Previous knowledge and experience with illness | Knowledge of TB transmission | Reasons for high TB prevalence | Reasons for high TB prevalence |
| Knowledge of causes of TB | Groups at greater risk of contracting TB | Common community knowledge of TB | |
| Other health beliefs related to TB mentioned | Common community knowledge of TB | Initial reactions to TB diagnosis | |
| Reasons why individuals wait to seek care at public health posts | |||
| Initial reactions to TB diagnosis | Initial reactions to TB diagnosis | ||
| C. Threshold of symptom severity | Reasons for seeking professional medical attention | Health seeking behaviors | Average time PDTB wait before they seek attention at a public health facility |
| Progression of symptoms to diagnosis | Health seeking behaviors following hemoptysis | ||
| D. Health seeking behaviors | Health seeking behaviors | Health seeking behaviors | Practices of private clinics |
| Reasons for seeking attention from a professional health facility | Motivations for self-medication | Motivations for self-medication | |
| Description of first experience with a professional health facility | |||
| Time waiting at first professional health facility | |||
| Personal treatment received from first professional health facility | |||
| E. Community and health system reactions to TB disease | Personal treatment received from first professional health facility | Community opinions of TB | Attitudes of health personnel working in the National Tuberculosis Program |
| Concealment of TB diagnosis | Community treatment of PDTB | Interactions between health personnel and PDTB in the public health post | |
| Changes in work or studies due to TB diagnosis | Consequences of TB diagnosis | ||
| Embarrassment due to TB diagnosis | Political inhibitions to TB control | ||
| Changes in familial interactions due to TB diagnosis | Reasons for high TB prevalence | ||
| Changes in social interactions due to TB diagnosis | Groups at greater risk of contracting TB |
Note TB indicates tuberculosis; PDTB indicates persons diagnosed with TB.