Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The End TB Strategy calls for global scale-up of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but little information is available about the associated human resource requirements. Our study aimed to quantify the healthcare worker (HCW) time needed to perform the tasks associated with each step along the LTBI cascade of care for household contacts of TB patients.

Methods

We conducted a time and motion (TAM) study between January 2018 and March 2019, in which consenting HCWs were observed throughout a typical workday. The precise time spent was recorded in pre-specified categories of work activities for each step along the cascade. A linear mixed model was fit to estimate the time at each step.

Results

A total of 173 HCWs in Benin, Canada, G

SUBMITTER: Alsdurf H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature