None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Tm-CTI: Mobile - Assisted Contacts Tracing Intervention (m-CTI).â?¢ ï?? As per participantâ??s willingness and eligibility criteria, they will be requested to download the app, Mobile
on the basis of availability of smart mobile phone with net of own or in the family) (Who donâ??t have a smart phone will be registered in control group) ï?? Determine TB screening activities to reach
intermittentitally reminder and alerts will be generated and delivered (in the form of SMS) to the contact as per the data will be entered in app.
ï?? To engage and inform , further a online meeting
Sponsors
Barkha Rani
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For Indexed pulmonary primary TB cases: 14 yrs or older, smear-positive or negative, drug-sensitive or resistant. For primary household & high-risk contacts of smear-positive or negative - drug-sensitive or drug-resistant pulmonary Tuberculosis indexed patients with or without HIV: No Age limit, all gender, anyone who is living in the same house during the previous 3 months of current TB diagnosis including high-risk contacts who are spending time more than 8 hours in total in congregate settings or breathing space in outside settings common for both TB cases and contacts: has own Smartphone with the net or has one in family and At least one member in the family would be able to understand or read Hindi or English or nearby neighbor or relative who is ready to take responsibility of registration & data entry of these cases and contacts on regular basis as a volunteer.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Indexed TB patient: Extra-pulmonary TB patients . Primary Contact: Not a Close household contact (living with indexed TB case in the same house; and Not a casual contact who shares breathing space more than 1 hrs, in close proximity of 2 meters within the last three months before the diagnosis of active TB in indexed case.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Targeted Contacts Screening Rate (TCSR)Timepoint: At 1st wk, at 6 wks & at 12 wks from enrollment of primary contact | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| TB Detection Rate (TB-DR), Total Delay (TD), TB - Treatment Initiation Rate (TB -TIR), Pre Diagnosis Loss to Follow up (PDLTFU), pre-treatment loss to follow up (PTLTFU), Loss of Contact at Referral (LCR), and End-user satisfaction level (EUSL)Timepoint: at 1st wk, at 6 wks & at 12 wks from enrollment of primary contact. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactBarkha Rani
ACON, Gurugram, Amity University , HR.
Outcome results
None listed