Operational feasibility of the ultra-portable digital X-rays with Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) for community active case finding for TB in Nigeria: Health care workers and client's perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Nigeria received 10 Ultra-Portable digital X-rays (UPDX) with Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) from the Stop TB Partnership, as part of the USAID-funded introducing New Tools Project (iNTP). The UPDX machines (Delft Light systems) were deployed to 8 states for TB screening and triaging algorithms for early TB detection. This study sought to explore the perspectives of health workers and clients on the operational feasibility and ease-of-use of the UPDX with CAD, with a view to determining the acceptability, enablers and barriers to effective use and exploring the perceived ease-of-use by the end-users. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted between April and June 2023, using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and ease-of-us

SUBMITTER: Useni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12543118 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature