Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Integrating Traditional Tuberculosis Care With Modern Health Care on Case Detection
Lead Sponsor:
Bahir Dar University
Conditions:
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Although many interventions are implemented to increase TB case detection, decrease diagnosis delay, and avoid catastrophic costs, there are no significant changes and the end TB goal will not be achi...
Detailed Description
Quantitative description Design: Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to answer our research questions. Cluster randomized control trial study design will be used to determine the ef...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All sick people who come to traditional healers' clinic or holy water with cough for two weeks or more, unintentional weight loss, anorexia, fever, chest pain, chillness, night sweating, and/or fatigues will be included in the study.
- All TB suspected patients who come to the health facilities with self-referral will be included in the study
- Health facilities in the study area should have at least a microscope diagnostic service will be included in the study
- All HEWs, TB focal persons at each level (health centers, hospitals, Woreda, Zone, and regional health bureau), traditional healers, clergy, pastors, Imams, and patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment will be the potential candidates for this study.
Exclusion
- Patients coming from traditional care centers and health facilities outside of the intervention and control area will be excluded from the study.
- Debtera and Witch (Tinquaye) were excluded from this study because they have no known structure. In addition, people go to witch and Debtera secretly because they fear stigma and discrimination by society.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
918 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05236452
Start Date
July 1 2022
End Date
December 30 2023
Last Update
July 9 2024
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Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia, 6000