乌干达结核接触调查的以用户为中心的实施策略:一个阶段,集群随机试验的协议
Achilles Katamba1, Amanda J Gupta2, Patricia Turimumahoro3
1Makerere University School of Medicine.
Research square
|July 18, 2023
概括
实施以用户为中心的战略显著改善了乌干达的结核病接触调查. 这种方法提高了在密切接触者中及时诊断,治疗和预防结核病,这对于控制传染病死亡至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生和热带医学
- 实施科学 实施科学
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
背景情况:
- 结核病 (TB) 仍然是全球主要的传染性死亡原因.
- 接触调查是世卫组织认可的结核控制干预措施,但面临实施挑战.
- 需要有效的战略来改善结核病接触者在高负担环境中的追踪.
研究的目的:
- 将以用户为中心的策略与实施结核病接触调查的标准策略进行比较.
- 评估以用户为中心的结核病诊断,治疗和预防方法在接触者之间的有效性.
- 评估以人为中心的设计和实践社区对于低资源环境中的可持续结核病干预措施的适用性.
主要方法:
- 在12个乌干达医疗保健机构进行了分阶,集群随机化,混合型III实施有效性试验.
- 以用户为中心的策略 (包括教育材料,算法,视频,运输服务和数字工具) 与标准策略的比较.
- 主要结局:症状接触者完成结核病评估,诊断出活性结核病,并在60天内开始结核病预防治疗的比例.
主要成果:
- 以用户为中心的战略旨在增加症状密切接触者在60天内完成结核病评估的比例.
- 关键的有效性结果包括增加活跃结核病的诊断和在接触者中启动结核病预防疗法.
- 嵌套混合方法研究将评估实施忠实性,上下文,成本效益和影响.
结论:
- 这项实用性试验将提供关于结核病接触调查以用户为中心的方法有效性的证据.
- 结果将为在高负担国家发现和预防未被诊断的结核病病例的战略提供信息.
- 该研究将评估以人为中心的设计和实践社区的适应性,以维持基于证据的干预措施.
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