[Delay in the diagnosis of XXXX in a Chilean public hospital].

@entity1 @entity191
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis is fundamental in @entity1 with @entity191 ( @entity191 ) to improve their quality of life. AIM: To determine the latency in the diagnosis of @entity191 ( @entity191 ) after the onset of motor symptoms. @entity1 AND METHODS: Prospective study carried out during 16 months in a public hospital. Two hundred newly diagnosed @entity1 aged 41 to 90 years (50% @entity1 ), were included and analyzed. RESULTS: The lapse between the first symptom -more commonly tremor- and the diagnosis made by a neurologist ranged from 1 to 84 months (19.1    13.8). In 39% of @entity1 , it was done in the first year, in 26% during the second year and in 35% of @entity1 , it took more than two years. The referral by a general practitioner had a delay ranging from 1 to 36 months. Sixty nine and 95% of @entity1 were evaluated within the first 6 months after referral if they came from primary care or the same hospital, respectively. Twenty six percent of @entity1 were classified in stages III to V of Hoehn _ Yahr's staging and the @entity191 Rating Scale motor examination ranged from 5 to 81 points, mean 24 (   12.8). CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of @entity191 has a delay in a public hospital that could be influenced by the referral system.
