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A trial to evaluate the effect of using DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course for Tuberculosis) calendars in urban primary health centres of Puducherry

Evaluation of DOTS calendar intervention in urban Puducherry: A cluster randomised controlled trial - DOTSCalTrial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2013/01/003338
Enrollment
578
Registered
2013-01-30
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: DOTS Calendar: Health workers giving DOTS treatment to tuberculosis patients will be trained to use the DOTS calendar. This calendar is proposed to help in easy tracking and correction

Sponsors

Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program RNTCP
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All Urban Primary Health Centres and their sub-centres at Puducherry will be included in trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Primary Health Centres where Pilot study was done will be excluded. Details of patients receiving non-DOTS treatment will be excluded from analysis.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Acceptance score (of DOTS providers after administering questionnaire); Missed dose rate (per hundred stipulated doses under the DOTS providers in one group); Retrieval action rate (per hundred missed treatment days under the DOTS providers in one group)Timepoint: Outcome will be assessed at the end of Trial Period. First week of July 2013.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Default rateTimepoint: Outcome will be assessed at the end of Trial Period. First week of July 2013.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Suman Saurabh

JIPMER

gautam@jipmer.net8526617210

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026