Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Screening at Health Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Health Care Workers in Nigeria during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• 作者: Chika A. Okoro Eridiong O. Onyenweaku Emecheta G. Okwudire Muriel K. Kalu Oluremilekun C. Kusimo Victor Williams
• 来源期刊: 结核病研究(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: COVID-19 TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING Preventive Measures Healthcare
• 年，卷（期）: jhbyjyw_2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 18-30
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

</span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></b></span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence continues to rise in many parts of the world with increasing fatality. At the same time, tuberculosis (TB) has been identified as the leading cause of death amongst all infectious diseases globally. Routine screening of clients visiting health facilities can help to prevent the spread of these diseases. <b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aim:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></b></span><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">assess the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">relationship between the practice of facility-based routine tuberculosis</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> screening and routine screening for COVID-19. <b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methodology:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></b> Using a Snowball technique, a cross-sectional online survey was carried out during the national lockdown from 5 July to 5 August 2020. The target population for this survey was health care workers from the different health facilities across Nigeria. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">An </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">online semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview healthcare workers to identify their </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> COVID-19 and the practice of routine TB screening. Descriptive analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), a