Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study
Background: Timely and accurate identification of people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is essential for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Hence, it is important that health-care workers have the latest and adequate knowledge about the existing diagnostic modalities. Methods: In t...
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| author | Kanthishree Haritsa P Sangeetha S A Lakshminarayana Narayana Holla R Prakash |
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| description | Background: Timely and accurate identification of people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is essential for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Hence, it is important that health-care workers have the latest and adequate knowledge about the existing diagnostic modalities.
Methods: In this prospective, questionnaire-based study, various health-care workers were asked to respond to a 25-item questionnaire before the sensitisation programme (workshop) regarding knowledge, procedure and interpretation of screening tests for LTBI (tuberculin skin test [TST] and interferon-gamma release assay [IGRA]). The same questionnaire was repeated on the completion of the workshop to assess its impact.
Results: The mean baseline knowledge among technicians, nurses, postgraduates and interns was 42.9%, 42.1%, 51.9% and 53.6%, which improved significantly to 84.2%, 83.4%, 89.4% and 89.5%, respectively after the workshop. Statistically, a significant difference was observed between pre- and post-workshop proprtion of all health-care workers with respect to the knowledge of TST and IGRA (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: This questionnaire-based study highlights the importance of training various health-care workers on diagnostic modalities for LTBI since the current study findings revealed that training increased the knowledge scores of the participants significantly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49c70a35dfe8420585fa51f3aa9d500e2023-07-23T11:22:02ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Clinical and Scientific Research2277-57062277-83572023-01-011229710010.4103/jcsr.jcsr_78_22Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based studyKanthishree HaritsaP SangeethaS A LakshminarayanaNarayana HollaR PrakashBackground: Timely and accurate identification of people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is essential for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Hence, it is important that health-care workers have the latest and adequate knowledge about the existing diagnostic modalities. Methods: In this prospective, questionnaire-based study, various health-care workers were asked to respond to a 25-item questionnaire before the sensitisation programme (workshop) regarding knowledge, procedure and interpretation of screening tests for LTBI (tuberculin skin test [TST] and interferon-gamma release assay [IGRA]). The same questionnaire was repeated on the completion of the workshop to assess its impact. Results: The mean baseline knowledge among technicians, nurses, postgraduates and interns was 42.9%, 42.1%, 51.9% and 53.6%, which improved significantly to 84.2%, 83.4%, 89.4% and 89.5%, respectively after the workshop. Statistically, a significant difference was observed between pre- and post-workshop proprtion of all health-care workers with respect to the knowledge of TST and IGRA (P < 0.05). Conclusions: This questionnaire-based study highlights the importance of training various health-care workers on diagnostic modalities for LTBI since the current study findings revealed that training increased the knowledge scores of the participants significantly.http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2023;volume=12;issue=2;spage=97;epage=100;aulast=Haritsahealth-care workersinterferon-gamma release assayknowledgetuberculin skin testtuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Kanthishree Haritsa P Sangeetha S A Lakshminarayana Narayana Holla R Prakash Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research health-care workers interferon-gamma release assay knowledge tuberculin skin test tuberculosis |
| title | Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study |
| title_full | Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study |
| title_fullStr | Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study |
| title_short | Impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers: A questionnaire-based study |
| title_sort | impact of sensitisation programme on screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers a questionnaire based study |
| topic | health-care workers interferon-gamma release assay knowledge tuberculin skin test tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2023;volume=12;issue=2;spage=97;epage=100;aulast=Haritsa |
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