Practice regarding tuberculosis care among physicians at private facilities: A cross-sectional study from Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the practice of TB care among physicians at private facilities.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted using questionnaires on knowledge, attitude, and practice related to TB care. The responses to these scales were used to explore latent constructs and calculate the standardized continuous scores for these domains. We described the percentages of participant's responses and explored their associated factors using multiple linear regression.

Results

A total of 232 physicians were recruited. The most important gaps in practice included requesting chest imaging to confirm TB diagnosis (~80%), not testing HIV for confirmed active TB cases (~50%), only requesting sputum testing for MDR-TB cases (65%), only requesting follow-up examination at

SUBMITTER: Ngo DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138252 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature