The National Knowledge Service Tuberculosis Pilot Evaluation Study
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis (TB)Infections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14195036
- Lead Sponsor
- Health Protection Agency (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 180
The main inclusion criterion for qualitative whole study is that individuals must fall within the targeted groups. These groups include:
1. Drug and alcohol mis-users and staff working with them
2. Patient information sheet (pregnancy leaflet)
3. Clinicians (managing pregnant women exposed to TB)
4. Homeless sector staff/ managers (TB and homelessness)
5. Staff of the Asylum Seekers
6. Staff taking care of children with TB
7. Prison staff
8. Prisoners (cartoon leaflets on TB)
For the randomised controlled trial component of the study, staff working with drug and alcohol mis-users and asylum seekers will be targeted. Individuals will be invited to participate through emails sent via their organisations mailing list. A sampling frame is available which consists of a list of all individuals employed by each organisation.
Individuals who either do not consent or those who are not in the relevant target group
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gain in knowledge as measured by the difference in score obtained after the intervention compared to the level before the intervention (questionnaires).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcome measures