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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services
Pulmonology, Volume 28, No. 3, Year 2022
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Background: In Portugal, Outpatient Tuberculosis Centres (OTBC) are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, screening and prevention of tuberculosis (TB), and only severe or resistant cases are hospitalized. Aim: To understand how infection control norms and standards were applied and how these centres responded during the pandemic. Method: We sent an electronic questionnaire to all coordinators of OTBC. The questionnaire included questions on infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic and evaluation of the functioning of the OTBC in two periods: during the 1st National State of Emergency and after 1 year. Results: Thirty-two responses were obtained (52.5%). The infection control norms were globally applied; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention were kept, and contact screening was only affected during the 1st State of Emergency. However, half of the respondents (53.1%) believed that there were diagnostic delays during the 1st State of Emergency, rising to 68.8% after 1 year. Only 31.3% performed Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) in all patients during the 1st State of Emergency, and 59.4% after 1 year. Half the inquiries expected an increase in TB incidence in the near future. Conclusion: The pandemic affected OTBC functioning, although the services were kept open; diagnostic delay and DOT appliance were the most affected. © 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia
Authors & Co-Authors
Migliori, Giovanni Battista
Italy, Pavia
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Spa – sb
Duarte, R. A.B.
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Portugal, Porto
Laboratório Para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional Itr
Portugal, Porto
Unidade de Investigação Clínica da Ars Norte
Portugal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.01.015
ISSN:
25310429
Research Areas
Covid
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study