Educational intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment of CNS-TB
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038487
- Lead Sponsor
- World Federation of Neurology Grant in Aid
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
The participants will comprise all HCWs including primary care doctors from all systems of medicines, nurses and midwifes, health associates, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), and traditional practitioners
Exclusion Criteria
NA
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of new cases of CNS TB detected or notified <br/ ><br>?We will compare this outcome parameter over a 12 months prior to and 12 months after the full implementation of educational intervention. The number of new CNS TB cases in the intervention clusters during the same time frame will be compared with that of control clusters. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Number of new cases of CNS TB detected or notified <br/ ><br>?We will compare this outcome parameter over a 12 months prior to and 12 months after the full implementation of educational intervention. The number of new CNS TB cases in the intervention clusters during the same time frame will be compared with that of control clusters. <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ?Time from symptom onset to diagnosis of CNS TB <br/ ><br>?Time from symptom onset to initiation of ATT <br/ ><br>?Number of TBM patients presenting with advanced stage (stage 2 &3) <br/ ><br>? <br/ ><br>Timepoint: [Time frame: over 12 months before and 12 months after the full implementation of educational intervention; any change in parameters will be compared between intervention & control clusters].