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.本数据集包含研究课题《肺结核治疗前延迟相关患者因素：孟加拉国一项回顾性队列研究（Patient factors related to pre-treatment delay of pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in Bangladesh）》的相关数据。本研究旨在明确与肺结核（TB）患者在就医、诊断及抗结核治疗启动阶段出现的治疗前延迟相关的各类患者因素。本研究首次针对该国范围内，作为肺结核治疗前延迟预测因子的各类患者因素的类型与分布情况开展了深度评估。