Feasibility of a multifaceted intervention to improve treatment initiation among patients diagnosed with TB using Xpert MTB/RIF testing in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One in five patients diagnosed with TB in Uganda are not initiated on TB treatment within two weeks of diagnosis. We evaluated a multifaceted intervention for improving TB treatment initiation among patients diagnosed with TB using Xpert® MTB/RIF testing in Uganda.

Methods

This was a pre-post interventional study at one tertiary referral hospital. The intervention was informed by the COM-B model and included; i) medical education sessions to improve healthcare worker knowledge about the magnitude and consequences of pretreatment loss to follow-up; ii) modified laboratory request forms to improve recording of patient contact information; and iii) re-designed workflow processes to improve timeliness of sputum testing and results dissemination. TB diagnostic process

SUBMITTER: Zawedde-Muyanja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491700 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature