Improving Community Based Tuberculosis Care in Ethiopia

NCT00803322 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 0001001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 318
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Keywords

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• smear positive tuberculosis case notification rate

  september 2006 - setmeber 2007

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• smear positive treatment success rate

  september 2006 - April 2007

Study Arms (2)

1

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

2

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

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis in the study are. In group two suspects were identified and treated bo community health workers while in group on used the conventional health facility based tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment

You may qualify if:

• suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis

You may not qualify if:

• not in the study area

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bergen: lead
• Centre for International Health, SNNP Regional health Bureau: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Dale and Wonsho districts Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia

Irgalem, Snnpr, 149, Ethiopia

Location

Related Publications (2)

• 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.

  PMID: 20174642 DERIVED

• 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.

  PMID: 19424460 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium Infections; Actinomycetales Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Daniel G Datiko, MD

  CIH of Bergen University and RHB of SNNPRS Ethiopia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Bernt Lindtjorn

  CIH UIB

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 3, 2008
• First Posted: December 5, 2008
• Study Start: September 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2007
• Study Completion: April 1, 2008
• Last Updated: December 5, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-12

Locations

ET (1)