ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2014
A comparison between passive and active case finding in TB control in the Arkhangelsk region.
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- Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community-level services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
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- Persistently high TB prevalence in Nairobi County neighbourhoods, 2015-2022.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Tuberculosis Case Finding in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Passive versus Active Case Finding Using Mobile Chest X-ray.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Household Contact Tuberculosis Screening Adherence and Associated Factors Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients on Follow-Up at Health Facilities in Shashamane Town, Southeast Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- The syndemic of "COVID-19 and tuberculosis".Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on future tuberculosis burden.Communications medicine · 2022Article
- Socio-protective effects of active case finding on catastrophic costs from tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost survey.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis active case-finding interventions and approaches for prisoners in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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- A comparison of the yield and relative cost of active tuberculosis case-finding algorithms in Zimbabwe.Public health action · 2019Article
- Mitigating Financial Burden of Tuberculosis through Active Case Finding Targeting Household and Neighbourhood Contacts in Cambodia.PloS one · 2016Article
- Two vicious circles contributing to a diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in Arkhangelsk.Emerging health threats journal · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn Russia, active case finding (ACF) for certain population groups has been practiced uninterruptedly for many decades, but no studies comparing ACF and passive case finding (PCF) approaches in Russia have been published.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to describe the main differences in symptoms and diagnostic delay between patients who come to TB services through PCF and ACF strategies.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 453 new pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients, who met criteria of TB diagnostic delay in Arkhangelsk.
resultsACF patients used self-treatment more often than PCF patients (90.1% vs. 24.6%) and 36.3% of them were alcohol abusers (as opposed to only 26.2% of PCF patients). The median patient delay (PD) in PCF was 4 weeks, IQR (1-8 weeks), and less than 1 week in ACF. Twenty-three per cent of the PCF patients were seen by a medical provider within the first week of their illness onset.
conclusionPatients diagnosed through ACF tended to under-report their TB symptoms and showed low attention to their own health. However, ACF allowed for discovering TB patients earlier than PCF, and this was also the case for alcohol abusing patients. PCF systems should be supplemented with ACF strategies.
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