Tailored approaches facilitate high completion of tuberculosis infection treatment among migrants. Issue 3 (24th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spruijt, Ineke; Joren, Chantal; van den Hof, Susan; Erkens, Connie
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 59:Issue 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-03-24
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02077-2021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) prevention is an essential component of the End TB Strategy to work towards elimination [1]. Currently, the guidelines of the World Health Organization recommend TB preventive treatment (TPT) in populations at risk for TB [2]. In low TB incidence countries, the foreign born are a population of interest for TB prevention as they constitute >50% of TB patients [3, 4]. Previous studies showed that TB infection (TBI) screening and TPT among specific migrant populations can be organised and executed in practice [5–9], with TPT initiation (23–97%) and completion (7–83%) proportions varying considerably between countries [10]. Identifying factors that contribute to these differences may aid the successful implementation of TPT in high TB risk migrants. We therefore compiled and analysed data from three recent Dutch TBI screening and TPT implementation studies [5–7] among various migrant populations to assess factors facilitating TPT uptake and completion. Verbal education, higher self-perceived severity and risk of tuberculosis (TB), in combination with committed and supportive TB care staff and the use of professional interpreters facilitate high completion TB preventive treatment https://bit.ly/3AugpTs