Nantawan WongchidwanYupaporn WattanagoonViravarn LuviraSopon IamsirithawornThailand Ministry of Public HealthMahidol University2019-08-282019-08-282018-01-01Tropical Doctor. Vol.48, No.1 (2018), 30-3317581133004947552-s2.0-85040330985https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/47109© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess the effect of early (1–4 days after fever onset) and delayed (≥5 days) care-seeking on outcomes of dengue-infected patients. We used data of adult dengue-infected patients treated in Bangkok, Thailand between June 2012 and September 2013. There were 110 patients in the early care-seeking group and 100 in the delayed care-seeking group. There were no deaths. Bleeding complications were not significantly different between the two groups while the latter group had a significantly higher rate of admission compared with the former (98% versus 91.8%, respectively; P = 0.04). Being female was the only factor significantly associated with delayed care-seeking (63.0% versus 45.5%; P = 0.01).Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1177/0049475517712889