SynthesisBMC public health2025
A systematic review exploring the role of tuberculosis stigma on test and treatment uptake for tuberculosis infection.
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- Psychosocial interventions to improve tuberculosis preventive treatment uptake and psychosocial outcomes: a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Stigma among patients with TB infection in a low-TB-burden setting.IJTLD open · 2026Article
- Community-based interventions to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes: A meta-analysis.MethodsX · 2026Review
- Stigma and depression among patients with tuberculosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Long-term risk of death after tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis-related stigma and associated factors among people with pulmonary tuberculosis predominantly co-infected with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2026Article
- Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Tuberculosis and HIV Prevention in South America.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Beyond metrics: relational dynamics and impacts of TB community funding.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Gamification increases tuberculosis awareness in schools from Catalonia: a multi-centre quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Pre-screening village tuberculosis notification rates and the yield of interferon-gamma release assay testing in a rural health-examination campaign in Xinjiang, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Assessing tuberculosis stigma: a pooled multi-country descriptive analysis of 17 high-burden countries using a standardised tool.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Phase-wise comparison of depression and stigma among tuberculosis patients undergoing treatment in Dhaka, Bangladesh.IJID regions · 2025Article
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- Assessing awareness of latent tuberculosis infection: the urgent need for clinical governance-driven education in rural Eastern Cape - insights from a community-based study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Building community networks and engagement for effective TB case management.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculosis (TB) stigma may be a barrier to engagement in testing and treatment for TB infection (TBI). We systematically reviewed the available evidence on how TB stigma influences engagement with TBI testing and treatment.
methodsElectronic databases (e.g., CINAHL, Central, OVID) were searched from 1963 to 1st August 2024. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies reporting the effects of TB stigma on engagement with TBI testing and treatment were included in the review. Descriptive synthesis was applied to the quantitative studies, and thematic analysis was applied to qualitative studies. The risk of bias was assessed by using the mixed methods appraisal tool.
resultsSeventeen studies were included in the review (12 qualitative, four quantitative and one mixed methods). TB stigma was complex and multifactorial with six overlapping domains: public, anticipated, self, experienced, secondary, and structural. Perceptions or experiences of stigma were associated with lower rates of engagement in testing and adherence to treatment in TBI.
conclusionsPerceptions of TB stigma among people with TBI were related to the common social representation of TB disease such as its being contagious or disease of the poor. Negative perceptions of active TB appear to carry over to its infection, despite people being informed about the nature of TBI. Our findings could inform more effective communication to support TBI testing and treatment engagement.
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