Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India.
SETTING: Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC...
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| author | Shanta Achanta Jyoti Jaju Ajay M V Kumar Sharath Burugina Nagaraja Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao Sasidhar Kumar Bandi Ashok Kumar Srinath Satyanarayana Anthony David Harries Sreenivas Achutan Nair Puneet K Dewan |
| author_facet | Shanta Achanta Jyoti Jaju Ajay M V Kumar Sharath Burugina Nagaraja Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao Sasidhar Kumar Bandi Ashok Kumar Srinath Satyanarayana Anthony David Harries Sreenivas Achutan Nair Puneet K Dewan |
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| description | SETTING: Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), and factors associated with compliance with ISTC. DESIGN: Cross- sectional survey using semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: Of 296 randomly selected private practitioners, 201 (68%) were assessed for compliance to ISTC diagnostic and treatment standards in TB management. Only 11 (6%) followed a combination of 6 diagnostic standards together and only 1 followed a combination of all seven treatment standards together. There were 28 (14%) private practitioners who complied with a combination of three core ISTC (cough for tuberculosis suspects, sputum smear examination and use of standardized treatment). Higher ISTC compliance was associated with caring for more than 20 TB patients annually, prior sensitization to TB control guidelines, and practice of alternate systems of medicine. CONCLUSION: Few private practitioners in Visakhapatnam, India reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices that met ISTC. Better engagement of the private sector is urgently required to improve TB management practices and to prevent diagnostic delay and drug resistance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8f8a7c027da4c059445bc57edce31bf2022-12-21T21:43:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0188e7111910.1371/journal.pone.0071119Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India.Shanta AchantaJyoti JajuAjay M V KumarSharath Burugina NagarajaSrinivas Rao Motta ShamraoSasidhar Kumar BandiAshok KumarSrinath SatyanarayanaAnthony David HarriesSreenivas Achutan NairPuneet K DewanSETTING: Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), and factors associated with compliance with ISTC. DESIGN: Cross- sectional survey using semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: Of 296 randomly selected private practitioners, 201 (68%) were assessed for compliance to ISTC diagnostic and treatment standards in TB management. Only 11 (6%) followed a combination of 6 diagnostic standards together and only 1 followed a combination of all seven treatment standards together. There were 28 (14%) private practitioners who complied with a combination of three core ISTC (cough for tuberculosis suspects, sputum smear examination and use of standardized treatment). Higher ISTC compliance was associated with caring for more than 20 TB patients annually, prior sensitization to TB control guidelines, and practice of alternate systems of medicine. CONCLUSION: Few private practitioners in Visakhapatnam, India reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices that met ISTC. Better engagement of the private sector is urgently required to improve TB management practices and to prevent diagnostic delay and drug resistance.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742777?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Shanta Achanta Jyoti Jaju Ajay M V Kumar Sharath Burugina Nagaraja Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao Sasidhar Kumar Bandi Ashok Kumar Srinath Satyanarayana Anthony David Harries Sreenivas Achutan Nair Puneet K Dewan Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE |
| title | Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| title_full | Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| title_short | Tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| title_sort | tuberculosis management practices by private practitioners in andhra pradesh india |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742777?pdf=render |
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