Simple Verbal Intervention for Adequately Collecting Sputum

Phase 4

• Conditions: Suspicious for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: education by brochure; Behavioral: control

• Registration Number: NCT01135043
• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital

Brief Summary

simple verbal intervention with figure of lung and upper respiratory tract will be helpful to adequately collecting sputum.

and in the acceptable specimen based on Gram stain, positivity for AFB stain and culture rate will be higher.

Detailed Description

suspicious patients for pulmonary tuberculosis are randomized to control or education group. patients in education group will be educated with the brochure that contains figure of lung/upper respiratory tract and methods of collecting sputum.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-07
• Status Verified: 2010-05
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-05-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-05-28
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study First Posted: 2010-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 2010-06-02
• Study Completion: 2010-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 188

Inclusion Criteria

• age > 18 years
• 2009.7~2010.7 patients with suspicious pulmonary tuberculosis who visited Boramae Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• on medication for tuberculosis
• patients who medicated with fluoroquinolone within 1month
• patients without consciousness or patients who cannot expectorate sputum
• hemoptysis over 50cc per day
• patients who don't consent on the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
education	education by brochure	educated with the brochure that contains figure of lung/upper respiratory tract and methods of collecting sputum.
control	control	patients with control group are educated about methods of collecting sputum by a physician, only in verbal explanation without brochure.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
culture result of Mycobacteria in sputum	8wk after AFB culture

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of