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To compare the effectiveness of the community mobile outreach approach in improving treatment outcomes (success rate) among tuberculosis patients with those being treated with facility based directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in Jeddah region.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention arm | Experimental | Intervention arm patients were served by outreach mobile teams for oral anti-TB treatment under DOTS at the place of their convenience by health care professionals |
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| Control arm | Active Comparator | Control arm patients were given the traditional facility based DOTS treatment. Control arm was not served by the outreach mobile teams. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Outreach Approach | Procedure | TB patients in intervention arm were served by outreach mobile teams for DOTS (i.e. administration of anti-TB medicines orally at the place and time of their choice and convenience under mobile teams direct supervision |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Treatment Success rate | 6 to 8 months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Abdullah AlSahafi, MBBS, SBFM | Director of Public Health | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ministry of Health | Jeddah | Mecca Region | 21577 | Saudi Arabia |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 33490640 | Derived | Al-Sahafi A, Al-Sayali MM, Mandoura N, Shah HBU, Al Sharif K, Almohammadi EL, Abdul-Rashid OA, Assiri M, Buksh MF, Alali MM, Al-Garni A, Al-Garni F, Al-Zahrani A, Khalawi A, Alawi M, Moawwad AL, Almalki AIA, Al-Osaimi MM. Treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Results of a community mobile outreach directly observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) project, compared to a standard facility-based DOTS: A randomized controlled trial. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2020 Dec 31;22:100210. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100210. eCollection 2021 Feb. |
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The investigators conducted a two-arm, parallel design[1:1], single blind randomized control trial in 200 newly diagnosed TB patients
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D014376 | Tuberculosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D009164 | Mycobacterium Infections |
| D000193 | Actinomycetales Infections |
| D016908 | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections |
| D001424 | Bacterial Infections |
| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |
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