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| Title |
Completeness and Reliability of the Republic of South Africa National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-2117-3 |
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| Authors |
Laura Jean Podewils, Nonkqubela Bantubani, Claire Bristow, Liza E Bronner, Annatjie Peters, Alexander Pym, Lerole David Mametja |
| Abstract |
Accurate surveillance data are paramount to effective TB control. The Republic of South Africa's National TB Control Program (NTP) has conducted TB surveillance since 1995 and adopted the Electronic TB Register (ETR) in 2005. This evaluation aimed to determine the completeness and reliability of data in the Republic of South Africa's TB Surveillance System. Three of nine provinces, three subdistricts per province, and 54 health facilities were selected by stratified random sampling. At each facility, 30 (or all if <30) patients diagnosed in Quarter 1 2009 were randomly selected for review. Patient information was evaluated across two paper and four electronic sources. Completeness of program indicators between paper and electronic sources was compared with chi-square tests. The kappa statistic was used to evaluate agreement of values. Over one-third (33.7 %) of all persons with presumptive TB recorded as smear positive in the TB Suspect Register did not have any records documenting notification, treatment, or management for TB disease. Of 1339 persons with a record as a TB patient at the facility, 1077 (80 %) were recorded in all data sources. Over 98 % of records contained complete age and sex data. Completeness varied for HIV status (53-86 %; p < 0.001) and DOT during the intensive phase of treatment (17-54 %; p < 0.001). Agreement for sex was excellent across sources (kappa 0.94); moderate for patient type (0.78), treatment regimen (0.79), treatment outcome (0.71); and poor for HIV status (0.33). The current evaluation revealed that one-third of persons diagnosed with TB disease may not have been notified of their disease or initiated on treatment ('initial defaulters'). The ETR is not capturing all TB patients. Further, among patients with a TB record, completeness and reliability of information in the TB Surveillance System is inconsistent across data sources. Actions are urgently needed to ensure that all diagnosed patients are treated and managed and improve the integrity of surveillance information. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 164 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 45 | 27% |
| Researcher | 25 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 12% |
| Unknown | 32 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 22 | 13% |
| Unknown | 39 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 January 2016.
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#6,047,209
of 22,821,814 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#6,221
of 14,867 outputs
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#69,515
of 264,425 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#122
of 323 outputs
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