Improving Community Based Tuberculosis Care in Ethiopia

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

318 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-09-30

Study Completion Date

2008-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to see if involving community health workers improves tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome.

Detailed Description

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Tuberculosis suspects in the study area

Outcome smear positive tuberculosis cases identified smear positive tuberculosis cases treated

Conditions

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Keywords

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TB community community health workers Ethiopia identify suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis collect sputum specimen for examination treat smear positive cases in the community

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

communities where tuberculosis patients followed the conventional health facility based tuberculosis case finding and treatment

No interventions assigned to this group

2

community where suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis were identified by community health workers and received treatment in the community

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis

Exclusion Criteria

* not in the study area

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Centre for International Health, SNNP Regional health Bureau

Principal Investigators

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Daniel G Datiko, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CIH of Bergen University and RHB of SNNPRS Ethiopia

Bernt Lindtjorn

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

CIH UIB

Locations

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Dale and Wonsho districts Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia

Irgalem, Snnpr, Ethiopia

Site Status

Countries

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Ethiopia

References

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Datiko DG, Lindtjorn B. Cost and cost-effectiveness of smear-positive tuberculosis treatment by Health Extension Workers in Southern Ethiopia: a community randomized trial. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 17;5(2):e9158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009158.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 20174642 (View on PubMed)

Datiko DG, Lindtjorn B. Health extension workers improve tuberculosis case detection and treatment success in southern Ethiopia: a community randomized trial. PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005443. Epub 2009 May 8.