Patient Delay
Cross-source consensus on Patient Delay from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- The review defines patient delay as the time between symptom onset or recognition and first contact with a healthcare professional or facility. — Determinants of delayed care-seeking during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Studies define delayed care-seeking using different thresholds such as 24, 48, or 72 hours after symptom onset or recognition. — Determinants of delayed care-seeking during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Many people with COPD delay care even when breathlessness, cough, or sputum changes worsen. — Determinants of delayed care-seeking during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Patients may initially use home self-management strategies instead of seeking professional care. — Determinants of delayed care-seeking during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Longer care-seeking delays are associated with more severe presentation and greater emergency and inpatient service use, but causal pathways remain unclear. — Determinants of delayed care-seeking during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis