NCT04412239

To Assess the Efficiency and Satisfaction of Pharmacist Giving Patient-centred Advice on Telephone Consultation in TB Patients: Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Xi'an Jiaotong University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic might be an opportunity to review and refine our practices in anti TB treatment. For the follow-up of selected patients, telephone consultations may be efficient and cost-effective. The aim of the study is to assess the efficiency and the satisfaction with telephone consultation for the pharmacist and the TB patient. The study was conducted in tertiary care hospital TB control centres patients.

Detailed description

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest killer among infectious diseases, claiming more than 4000 lives each day. The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic seriously impacts people with pre-existing health conditions. People who have TB are usually more vulnerable to other infections, including the novel coronavirus, due to pre-existing lung damage. They are at a higher risk of developing complications from COVID-19. Certain populations are at greater risk of TB, because of where they live, where they work or because of other socio-economic factors which result in them experiencing barriers to accessing health services.

Conditions

• TB - Tuberculosis
• Patient Satisfaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Patient-centred advice on Telephone Consultation in TB Patients:	The primary aim was to assess the efficiency and the satisfaction of the telephone consultation. The COVID-19 pandemic might be an opportunity to review and refine our practices in TB care. For the follow-up of selected patients, telephone consultations may be efficient and cost effective.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-20
• Primary completion: 2020-12-20
• Completion: 2020-12-20
• First posted: 2020-06-02
• Last updated: 2020-11-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Pakistan