TY - JOUR
T1 - Active tuberculosis case findings in Ghanaian health facilities
T2 - Effectiveness and sensitivity of the symptoms-based screening tool
AU - Duedu, Kwabena Obeng
AU - Aninagyei, Enoch
AU - Akila, Diana Ayinpokbila
AU - Kweku, Margaret
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Kwabena Obeng Duedu et al.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Introduction: the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP), Ghana, introduced Symptoms Based Screening (SBS) Tool for TB case finding. This study aimed to determine the challenges and limitations associated with the use of the SBS Tool for active tuberculosis case finding in Ghanaian health facility settings. Methods: this study targeted suspected TB patients attending two health facilities in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Initially, suspected TB patients were screened with the SBS tool and presumptive patients subsequently tested for M. tuberculosis using microscopy and geneXpert assay. Additionally, health personnel were interviewed to assess the user-friendliness, challenges, and limitations associated with the tool. Results: of 636 presumptive TB patients identified, 1.73% had tuberculosis. Coughing for > 2 weeks (chi(2)=24.8; p
AB - Introduction: the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP), Ghana, introduced Symptoms Based Screening (SBS) Tool for TB case finding. This study aimed to determine the challenges and limitations associated with the use of the SBS Tool for active tuberculosis case finding in Ghanaian health facility settings. Methods: this study targeted suspected TB patients attending two health facilities in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Initially, suspected TB patients were screened with the SBS tool and presumptive patients subsequently tested for M. tuberculosis using microscopy and geneXpert assay. Additionally, health personnel were interviewed to assess the user-friendliness, challenges, and limitations associated with the tool. Results: of 636 presumptive TB patients identified, 1.73% had tuberculosis. Coughing for > 2 weeks (chi(2)=24.8; p
KW - Active case finding
KW - Hospital
KW - Symptoms-based screening tool
KW - Tuberculosis
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U2 - 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.111.28798
DO - 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.111.28798
M3 - Article
C2 - 34887985
SN - 1937-8688
VL - 40
JO - Pan African Medical Journal
JF - Pan African Medical Journal
M1 - 111
ER -