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Zhang 2006 [14]
|
CS
|
Hunan Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural
|
318
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: No haemoptysis (OR (95% CI): 0.119 (0.041, 0.344)), distance to health facility (OR (95% CI): 24.73 (6. 872, 58. 56)), seeking care from traditional medicine providers (OR (95% CI): 14.39 (4.379, 47.30)), poverty (OR (95% CI): 23.53 (8.389, 65.96))
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|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Being female (OR (95% CI): 3.06 (1.412, 6.645)), low education (OR (95% CI): 0.57 (0.370, 0.794)), limited access to TB education (OR (95% CI): 0.45 (0.218, 0.534)), seeking care from traditional medicine providers (OR (95% CI): 2.42 (1.057, 5.536)), seeking prescription from herbalist (OR (95% CI): 2.53 (1.261, 5.077)), and stigma (OR (95% CI): 14.65 (6.217, 31.78)).
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|
Xi 2011 [20]
|
CS
|
Shandong Province
|
PTB
|
Rural
|
819
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: First consultation with traditional medicine providers
|
|
He 2009 [21]
|
CS
|
Hebei Province
|
New SP PTB
|
migrants from Rural
|
168
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Low education level (P <0.05), lack of health insurance (P <0.01)
|
|
Huan 2007 [22]
|
CS
|
Guizhou Province
|
New PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
200
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Distance to health facility;
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Poor equipment in health facility, health worker’s poor TB awareness and knowledge, poor referral
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|
Wu 2008 [23]
|
CS
|
Anhui Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
148
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Lack of equipment and qualified health workers in township hospital.
|
|
Wang 2007 [34]
|
CS
|
Shanghai
|
New SP/SN PTB
|
No description
|
222
|
PD was defined as the duration from the onset of symptoms to the first visit to a doctor in a hospital.
|
PD: Low income level (OR (95% CI): 3.859 (1.040, 14.314) for Level 1/level 4, 5.369 (1.717, 16.787) for Level 2/level 4), without Haemoptysis (OR (95% CI): 0.347 (0.127, 0.948))
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|
Bai 2004 [35]
|
CS
|
Yunnan Province
|
New/re-treatment SP/SN PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
142
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Being male (P = 0.037), with spouse (P = 0.010), no hemoptysis (P = 0.035);
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: No night swear (P = 0.030) and chest pain (P = 0.042), respiratory difficulty (P = 0.029), no timely referring (P = 0.001).
|
|
Liao 2009 [36]
|
CS
|
Zhejiang Province
|
New SP PTB, elderly
|
Rural
|
210
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Female (P = 0. 018), lack of TB knowledge (P = 0.003), Low access to health facility (P = 0.009)
|
|
Yang 2010 [37]
|
CS
|
Hujian, Henan, Liaoling, Xinjiang Province
|
PTB
|
Rural
|
888
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Being female, the elderly, lack of TB knowledge, poverty and traffic difficulty
|
|
Zhou 2009 [38]
|
CS
|
Henan Province
|
New PTB
|
No description
|
102
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness; poverty, traffic difficulty;
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Consulting with traditional medicine providers first
|
|
Li 2002 [39]
|
CS
|
Hunan Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
3275
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Being male (P = 0. 003), 30 to 44 years old (P = 0. 009), poor TB awareness, poverty, traffic difficulty;
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: 30 to 44 years old (P = 0. 0001), poor TB knowledge, without smear test in county hospital
|
|
Shi 2006 [40]
|
CS
|
Liaolin, Hujian, Xingjiang, Henan Province
|
New SP PTB
|
No description
|
186
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Consulting traditional medicine providers first, no resource for TB diagnosis
|
|
Yu 2007 [41]
|
CS
|
Anhui Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
17873
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Being female (P <0.05), Rural area;
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Rural and diagnosed in non-TB hospital, no resource for TB diagnosis
|
|
Zhang 2011 [42]
|
CS
|
Jiangsu Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
276
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Consulting with traditional medicine providers first, no resource for TB diagnosis
|
|
Cai 2007 [43]
|
CS
|
Gansu Province
|
New/retreatment SP/SN PTB
|
Rural
|
150
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: The elderly, female, low income, and education level, poor TB knowledge
|
|
Chai 2008 [44]
|
CS
|
Henan Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural/urban
|
200
|
PD (>3 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness, no severe symptoms, busy with work and poverty; stigma for the female
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Misdiagnosis, no severe symptoms
|
|
Tian 2001 [45]
|
CS
|
Shangdong Province
|
PTB, the youth
|
No description
|
400
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Knowledge of TB control unit and TB awareness
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: No haemoptysis (OR (95%): 0.52 (0.27, 0.98)), night swearing (OR (95%): 0.44 (0.23, 0.85)), chest pain (OR (95%): 2.15 (1.12, 4.15)).
|
|
Yang 2011 [46]
|
CS
|
Jiangsu Province
|
New SP PTB
|
No description
|
105
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness, low income level, distance to health facilities
|
|
Cao 2002 [47]
|
CS
|
Shangdong Province
|
PTB,
|
migrants from Rural
|
314
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Busy at with work (working more than 6 days per week) (OR (95% CI):6. 70 (2. 80, 16.03)), no health insurance (OR (95% CI): 2.27 (1.07, 4.82)), distance to health facility (OR(95% CI): 2.13 (0.73, 6.18)), no hemoptysis (OR(95% CI): 0. 30 (0. 10, 0. 91)),
|
|
Geng 2010 [48]
|
CS
|
Shangdong Province
|
New SP PTB
|
Rural
|
200
|
PD was defined as the duration from the onset of cough to the first visit to any healthcare provider
|
PD: Poor TB awareness, low income level, lack of knowledge of TB control unit (F = 4.39, P <0.01)
|
|
Shi 2008 [49]
|
CS
|
Shangdong Province
|
New SP TB
|
Rural
|
312
|
PD was defined as the time (in days) from the onset of symptoms to first seeking care at a health facility
|
PD: Aged 40 to 59 (Adjusted HR (95% CI):0.34 (0.17, 0.69)), low education (Adjusted HR (95% CI): 1.91 (1.16, 3.14)), distance to health facility (Adjusted HR (95% CI): 1.04 (0.98, 1.11))
|
|
DD: Being female (Adjusted HR (95% CI):0.63 (0.43,0.92)), Consulting with traditional medicine providers first (Adjusted HR (95% CI):1.14 (0.52, 2.51))
|
|
Cheng 2005 [50]
|
CS
|
Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu Province
|
New PTB
|
migrants
|
323
|
PD (≥10 days)
|
PD: Busy with work (AOR (95% CI):1.61 (1.03, 2.51)), no hemoptysis (AOR (95% CI): 0.48 (0.28 ,0.85))
|
|
Li 2012 [51]
|
CS
|
Shanghai, Guangdong and Jiangsu
|
new PTB
|
migrant from rural
|
323
|
Patient delay ≥10 days
|
Average monthly working days ≥24, and without hemoptysis or bloody sputum
|
|
Lin 2008 [52]
|
Cohort
|
Yunnan Province
|
SP TB,
|
Rural
|
10356
|
PD (≥60 days)
|
PD: Geographical barrier, age >40, low income level (Adjusted HR (95%): 0.61 (0.57, 0.65), 0.78 (0.67, 0.90), 0.90 (0.85, 0.94)).
|
|
Zhang 2008 [53]
|
CC
|
Jiangsu Province
|
Newly SP PTB elderly
|
No description
|
102
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor Tb awareness
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Misdiagnosis
|
|
Hou 2001 [54]
|
CS
|
Hubei Province
|
New SP PTB
|
No description
|
823
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness, and low income level
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Consulting with traditional medicine providers first
|
|
Liu 2000 [55]
|
CS
|
Hunan Province
|
SP PTB,
|
Rural/urban
|
290
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness and knowledge;
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Misdiagnosis, poor referral, not prescribing smear test
|
|
Li 2010 [56]
|
CS
|
Shandong Province
|
PTB, elderly
|
Rural/urban
|
322
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: 61 to 65 years old and lower income level
|
|
Lian 2003 [57]
|
CS
|
Guangzhou Province
|
Newly SP PTB
|
No description
|
117
|
PD (>2 weeks)
|
PD: Poor TB awareness, low income level, busy with work, traffic barrier.
|
|
DD (>2 weeks)
|
DD: Consulting with traditional medicine providers first
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