Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00978510
Study of Health Personnel and the Assistance to Patients With Tuberculosis in Hospital Environment
Health Personnel and the Control of Tuberculosis in a Hospital Environment
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 159 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Sociedade Cearense de Infectologia · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate in hospital environment the knowledge of the health care professionals about fundamental concepts on tuberculosis and the accomplishment to respiratory isolation practices for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis hospitalized in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Detailed description
A cross-sectional study of health care professionals using a study instrument with questions to evaluate the knowledge of basic concepts about tuberculosis. A retrospective study reviewing medical records of patients with suspected tuberculosis hospitalized in the units of Adult and Pediatric Clinics and in the Critical Care Unit in a general hospital in Fortaleza-CE.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-01-01
- Completion
- 2006-12-01
- First posted
- 2009-09-17
- Last updated
- 2009-09-17
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00978510. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.