Experiences and perceptions of lay counsellors and people with tuberculosis of a programme aimed at reducing alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking in South Africa
- Conditions
- Reduction of alcohol and tobacco smoking and improving adherence in patients with tuberculosisNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14213432
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Research Council of South Africa
- Brief Summary
2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31233146/ (added 12/04/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
1. Adults who were due to start TB treatment, or who had been on treatment for less than one month for the current TB episode for bacteriologically or clinically confirmed drug sensitive pulmonary TB (PTB)
2. Current smokers, defined as having smoked any tobacco in the past month or hazardous or harmful drinkers (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [AUDIT] score = 8 for men or = 7 for women and < 16 for hazardous drinking and between 16 and 19 for harmful drinking).
1. Did not possess a functioning cell phone
2. Too ill to be interviewed
3. Did not speak any of the languages used in the exit questionnaires (English, Isizulu, Sesotho, and Setswana)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recruitment and retention rates measured at the end of the 3rd MI session (approximately at 2 months follow-up) using patient records
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. LHWs’ experiences and perceptions using semi-structured interviews at the end of the 3rd MI session<br> 2. TB patients experiences and perceptions using semi-structured questionnaires at the end of the 3rd MI session<br> 3. MI fidelity using recorded MI sessions measured at the end of study by expert review<br>