ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2020
Factors Affecting Continued Participation in Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in a Low-Income, High-Burden Setting.
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- Community views on active case finding for tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- mHealth-supported tuberculosis contact investigation by community health workers in high-burden countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- Comparison of the yield of two tuberculosis screening approaches among household contacts in a community setting of Silti Zone, Central Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- Non-adherence to tuberculosis contact screening and its associated factors in Kuching, Sarawak: A cross-sectional study.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2024Article
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- Child Contact Case Management-A Major Policy-Practice Gap in High-Burden Countries.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis in eastern Malaysia: insights for strengthening public health responses.Microbial genomics · 2021Article
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settingOutpatient clinics, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; January-April 2018.
objectivesTo identify barriers to full participation in tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation.
methodsCross-sectional study of knowledge, perceptions, and behaviours among TB contacts. This study was conducted among contacts who attended an initial clinic visit to explore retention in care. During this first visit, contacts were approached for participation in a questionnaire at a follow-up visit. Contacts who consented but did not subsequently attend were interviewed at home. Associations between questionnaire findings and attendance were tested using logistic regression.
resultsOf the total 1436 identified contacts, 800 (56%) attended an initial clinic visit. Of 237 consenting TB contacts, 207 (87%) attended their follow-up appointment. In univariable analyses, the odds of attendance were highest for people notified to attend the TB clinic directly by a health inspector; close relatives of TB patients; non-students; people with higher incomes and smaller households; older individuals; males; and people not perceiving TB as stigmatising. In multivariable analysis, mode of notification to attend and having a close relative with TB remained significant.
conclusionsHealth inspectors provide an effective role in TB contact investigation through direct personal communication to encourage the completion of the TB screening process, but this requires further integration with clinical processes, and with workplace and school-based investigations.
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