| Title |
Factors Associated with Delays in Treatment Initiation after Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Two Districts of India
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039040 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Durba Paul, Arundhathi Busireddy, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet Kumar Dewan, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Silajit Sarkar, Quazi Toufique Ahmed, Shakuntala Sarkar, Sreenivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Anthony David Harries, John Ethan Oeltmann |
| Abstract |
Excessive time between diagnosis and initiation of tuberculosis (TB) treatment contributes to ongoing TB transmission and should be minimized. In India, Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) focuses on indicator start of treatment within 7 days of diagnosis for patients with sputum smear-positive PTB for monitoring DOTS implementation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 21% |
| Unknown | 21 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 62 | 46% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |