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Early interactions with newly diagnosed TB patients in hospital can support linkage to care

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, failure to link individuals diagnosed with TB to care remains an important gap in the TB care cascade. Compared to people diagnosed at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities, people diagnosed in hospitals are more likely to require additional support to be linked with PHC T...

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Autores principales: Viljoen, L., Hendricks, P., Hoddinott, G., Vanqa, N., Osman, M., Hesseling, A. C., Meehan, S-A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9484593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36160718
http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0012
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author Viljoen, L.
Hendricks, P.
Hoddinott, G.
Vanqa, N.
Osman, M.
Hesseling, A. C.
Meehan, S-A.
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description BACKGROUND: In South Africa, failure to link individuals diagnosed with TB to care remains an important gap in the TB care cascade. Compared to people diagnosed at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities, people diagnosed in hospitals are more likely to require additional support to be linked with PHC TB treatment services. We describe a patient interaction process to support linkage to TB care. METHODS: We implemented a step-by-step early patient interaction process with 84 adults newly diagnosed with TB in one district hospital in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (August 2020–March 2021). We confirmed patient contact details, provided TB and health information, shared information on accessing care at PHC facilities and answered patients’ questions in their home language. RESULTS: Most patients (54/84, 64%) provided updated telephone numbers, and 19/84 (23%) reported changes in their physical address. Patients welcomed practical and health information in their home language. The majority (74/84, 88%) were linked to care after hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS: A simple early patient interaction process implemented as part of routine care is a feasible strategy to facilitate early TB treatment initiation and registration.
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spelling pubmed-94845932022-09-24 Early interactions with newly diagnosed TB patients in hospital can support linkage to care Viljoen, L. Hendricks, P. Hoddinott, G. Vanqa, N. Osman, M. Hesseling, A. C. Meehan, S-A. Public Health Action Original Articles BACKGROUND: In South Africa, failure to link individuals diagnosed with TB to care remains an important gap in the TB care cascade. Compared to people diagnosed at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities, people diagnosed in hospitals are more likely to require additional support to be linked with PHC TB treatment services. We describe a patient interaction process to support linkage to TB care. METHODS: We implemented a step-by-step early patient interaction process with 84 adults newly diagnosed with TB in one district hospital in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (August 2020–March 2021). We confirmed patient contact details, provided TB and health information, shared information on accessing care at PHC facilities and answered patients’ questions in their home language. RESULTS: Most patients (54/84, 64%) provided updated telephone numbers, and 19/84 (23%) reported changes in their physical address. Patients welcomed practical and health information in their home language. The majority (74/84, 88%) were linked to care after hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS: A simple early patient interaction process implemented as part of routine care is a feasible strategy to facilitate early TB treatment initiation and registration. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2022-09-21 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9484593/ /pubmed/36160718 http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0012 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) published by The Union (www.theunion.org (http://www.theunion.org) ).
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Hesseling, A. C.
Meehan, S-A.
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title_short Early interactions with newly diagnosed TB patients in hospital can support linkage to care
title_sort early interactions with newly diagnosed tb patients in hospital can support linkage to care
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9484593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36160718
http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.22.0012
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