Table 2.
Care seeking and investigations among tuberculosis patients in seven districts of North Shoa zone, Ethiopia, December 2017
| Variable | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| How many times you go to health facility before you disease has been diagnosed? | ||
| 1 | 30 | 18.5 |
| 2 | 58 | 35.8 |
| 3 | 28 | 17.3 |
| 4 | 13 | 8.1 |
| 5 | 17 | 10.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 3.1 |
| 7 | 5 | 3.1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Delayed health seeking | ||
| Diagnosed at first visit | 65 | 40.1 |
| Not diagnosed at first visit | 97 | 59.9 |
| Major reasons for patient delay for more that 21 days | ||
| Symptom disappear by itself | 76 | 79 |
| Financial constrain | 10 | 10 |
| Used herbal medicine | 4 | 4 |
| Being HF distant | 7 | 7 |
| Category of TB | ||
| New | 140 | 86.4 |
| previously treated | 22 | 13.6 |
| The perception of cause of TB by the patients | ||
| Due to draft | 78 | 48.2 |
| Bacterial infection | 59 | 36.4 |
| Dust particle | 14 | 8.6 |
| Others | 11 | 6.8 |
| Where do you go first when you develop sign of TB | ||
| Health post | 45 | 27.7 |
| Hospital | 59 | 36.4 |
| Private HF | 44 | 27.2 |
| Holly water | 9 | 5.6 |
| Other | 5 | 3.1 |
| Asked about TB at first visit | ||
| yes | 92 | 56.8 |
| No | 70 | 43.2 |
| Type of TB | ||
| Pulmonary | 115 | 71 |
| Extra pulmonary | 47 | 29 |
| Give Sputum Sample at first visit | ||
| Yes | 86 | 53.1 |
| No | 76 | 46.9 |
| Previous contact history | ||
| Yes | 43 | 26.5 |
| No | 119 | 73.5 |
| Who initiated you to Health facility | ||
| The patient by itself | 75 | 46.3 |
| Spouse of the patients | 22 | 13.6 |
| Health extension worker | 10 | 6.1 |
| My family | 19 | 11.7 |
| Other relative | 24 | 14.9 |
| HAD leaders | 6 | 3.7 |
| Other | 6 | 3.7 |