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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2016

A multi-perspective service evaluation exploring tuberculosis contact screening attendance among adults at a North London hospital.

J MacLellan, K Wallace, E Vacchelli, J Roe, R Davidson, I Abubakar, J Southern

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Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

J MacLellanRoyal Free Hospital, London, UK Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
K WallaceRoyal Free Hospital, London, UK.
E VacchelliSocial Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, UK.
J RoeTB Services, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
R DavidsonTB Services, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
I AbubakarDepartment of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, UK Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK.
J SouthernTuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK.

Funding

Department of Health 08/68/01Department of Health SRF-2011-04-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-attendance at TB contact screening clinics has been highlighted as a common phenomenon across a number of sites during recruitment to the PREDICT TB Study. This has obvious implications for the safety of patients, their communities and for NHS resources. The objective of this study was to explore why adults who have been in contact with TB do, and do not, attend their screening appointment, thereby allowing identification of interventions to reduce non-attendance.

methodsA multi-method approach was taken using 15 questionnaires with adults who attended for screening, 15 telephone questionnaires with adults who did not attend and in-depth interviews with 8 TB nurses. Interviews were coded to trace emerging descriptive themes, then refined through an iterative process of interpretation and recoding.

resultsFindings from the questionnaires and interviews were categorized into three principle themes following analysis: awareness, hospital factors and leadership. These themes deconstruct the complex phenomena of patients' lack of attendance at this TB contact screening service.

conclusionRecommendations related to issues of leadership, outreach services, flexibility of clinic timing and awareness amongst both the local community and GPs were made.

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Contact TracingAdolescentAdultFemaleHospitals, UrbanHumansInterviews as TopicLondonMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareProgram EvaluationSurveys and QuestionnairesTuberculosis, PulmonaryYoung Adultcommunicable diseasespublic healthquality

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PMCPMC5072165

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