Dataset on Patient Factors Related to Pre-treatment Delay of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

This dateset comprised of the data for the research project 'Patient factors related to pre-treatment delay of pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in Bangladesh'. The study was conducted to identify the patient factors associated with pre-treatment delay of pulmonary TB in terms of delay in care seeking, diagnosis and treatment initiation for TB. This study, for the first time, has made an in-depth assessment of the types and distributions of patient factors as predictors of pre-treatment delay of TB in the country.本数据集包含研究项目《肺结核（pulmonary tuberculosis）治疗前延误相关患者因素：孟加拉国一项回顾性队列研究（retrospective cohort study）》的相关数据。本研究旨在明确与肺结核治疗前延误相关的患者因素，该延误涵盖结核病患者的就医延误、诊断延误及治疗启动延误。本研究首次在孟加拉国境内，针对作为肺结核治疗前延误预测因素的各类患者因素的类型与分布特征开展了系统性深入评估。