Influencing factors of diagnosis and treatment delay among rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Yunnan province, 2016 – 2021: a registration data analysis

• Published in: Zhongguo gong gong wei sheng = China public health Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 874 - 878
• Main Authors: Zichao LI, Yunbin YANG, Liangli LIU, Lin XU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Public Health 01.07.2024
• Subjects: delay; rifampicin resistance; tuberculosis; yunnan province
• ISSN: 1001-0580
• DOI: 10.11847/zgggws1142768

ObjectiveTo analyze the changes in the time intervals between diagnosis and treatment and the influencing factors of diagnosis and treatment delay among rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) patients from 2016 to 2021 in Yunnan province, to provide a reference for reducing the occurrence of diagnosis and treatment delay in patients. MethodsData of 2 189 RR-TB patients registered in Yunnan province from 2016 to 2021 were extracted from the Tuberculosis Management Information System (TMIS) – a subsystem of the China Disease Prevention and Control Information System – to analyze the time intervals between symptom onset and diagnosis and that between diagnosis and treatment for the patients with different demographic and other characteristics. The time intervals were described in median and percentile 25th/75th (M, P25/P75) days, and multivariate binary logistic regression was used to analyze factors influencing delays in diagnosis and treatment of RR-TB patients. ResultsFor all patients, the median number of