ArticleBMC research notes2011
Enhanced tuberculosis case detection among substitution treatment patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Article in BMC research notes, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01290081 (Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis and Enhanced Tuberculosis Case Detection Among Injecting Drug Users Receiving Methadone Substitution Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis and Enhanced Tuberculosis Case Detection Among Injecting Drug Users Receiving Methadone Substitution Treatment
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Improving cascade outcomes for active TB: A global systematic review and meta-analysis of TB interventions.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community-level services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Active case finding for tuberculosis among people who inject drugs on methadone treatment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2014Article
- Tuberculosis screening in a novel substance abuse treatment center in Malaysia: implications for a comprehensive approach for integrated care.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2014Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundHistorically, HIV, TB (tuberculosis) and illegal drug treatment services in Estonia have been developed as vertical structures. Related health care services are often provided by different health care institutions and in different locations. This may present obstacles for vulnerable groups, such as injecting drug users (IDU), to access the needed services. We conducted a small scale randomized controlled trial to evaluate a case management intervention aimed at increasing TB screening and treatment entry among IDUs referred from a methadone drug treatment program in Jõhvi, North-Eastern Estonia.
findingsOf the 189 potential subjects, 112 (59%) participated. HIV prevalence was 86% (n = 96) and 7.4% (n = 8) of participants were interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positive (6.5% were both HIV and IGRA-positive, n = 7). Overall, 44% of participants (n = 49) attended TB clinic, 17 (30%) from control group and 32 (57%) from case management group (p = 0.004). None of the participants were diagnosed with TB. In a multivariate model, those randomized to case management group were more likely to access TB screening services.
conclusionsThese findings demonstrate the urgent need for scaling up TB screening among IDUs and the value of more active approach in referring substitution treatment patients to TB services.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01290081.
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