Active versus passive case finding for tuberculosis in marginalised and vulnerable populations in India
Comparison of treatment outcomes
Abstract
Community-based active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) implemented among marginalised and vulnerable populations in 285 districts of India resulted in reduction of diagnosis delay and prevalence of catastrophic costs due to TB diagnosis. The authors were interested to know whether this translated into improved treatment outcomes. Globally, there is limited published literature from marginalised and vulnerable populations on the independent effect of community-based ACF on treatment outcomes when compared to passive case finding (PCF).
The objectives of the study are to determine the relative differences in unfavourable treatment outcomes (death, loss-to-follow-up, failure, not evaluated) of ACF and PCF-diagnosed people.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Shewade HD, Gupta V, Satyanarayana S, Kumar S, Pandey P, Bajpai UN, Tripathy JP, Kathirvel S, Pandurangan S, Mohanty S, Ghule VH, Sagili KD, Prasad BM, Singh P, Singh K, Jayaraman G, Rajeswaran P, Biswas M, Mallick G, Naqvi AJ, Bharadwaj AK, Sathiyanarayanan K, Pathak A, Mohan N, Rao R, Kumar AMV, Chadha SS. Active versus passive case finding for tuberculosis in marginalised and vulnerable populations in India: comparison of treatment outcomes. Global Health Action. 2019 Jan 1;12(1):1656451.