Total diagnostic delay was categorized into component delays: patient delay, health care providers delay, referral delay and diagnostic waiting time.
This study identified different lag periods in diagnosis of cervical cancer, total diagnostic delay categorized into patient delay, healthcare provider delay, referral delay and diagnostic waiting time.
A delay of more than 30 days was considered unacceptable and study participants were accordingly categorized into "delay" and "non-delay" groups.
Generally speaking, the time delay considered can be categorized as constant delay, time-varying delay, and distributed delay, and the methods used include the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, Lyapunov functional method, -matrix theory, topological degree theory, and techniques of inequality analysis.
Commonly, delay is found further categorized into different component delays such as patient delay, health care provider delay, referral delay and system delay [ 7, 13, 14].
With a Bayley MDI score < 80 to categorize developmental delay, the CCCEH cohort has a high rate of developmental delay (32.3% of the children in the cohort).
We categorize the delay in MSS as being caused primarily due to the buffering time at the source sensor and the data mules.
To assess the belief of remedies for mental illness, subjects were asked, 'can mental illnesses be cured?' To categorize significant delay for seeking mental health treatment, we took 38 weeks as a reference point from a study conducted at Amanuel mental specialized hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [ 11].
Metal allergy is an inflammatory disease categorized as a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction, similar to contact dermatitis and eczema [1], [2].
Child's developmental status was categorized as developmental delay only or concomitant developmental disability (e.g., cerebral palsy or other neurological conditions).
