Tuberculosis treatment management in primary healthcare sectors: a mixed-methods study investigating delivery status and barriers from organisational and patient perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Tuberculosis (TB) treatment management services (TTMSs) are crucial for improving patient treatment adherence. Under the TB integrated control model in China, healthcare workers (HCWs) in the primary healthcare (PHC) sectors are responsible for TTMS delivery. This mixed-method study aimed to explore the status of and barriers to TTMS delivery faced by HCWs in PHC sectors from the health organisational and patient perspectives.

Design

We completed a questionnaire survey of 261 TB healthcare workers (TB HCWs) and 459 patients with TB in the PHC sector and conducted 20 semistructured interviews with health organisational leaders, TB HCWs and patients with TB. SPSS V.22.0 and the framework approach were used for data analysis.

Setting

PHC sectors in Southwest Ch

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature