Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB process-based performance review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care.
Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB process-based performance review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care.
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DOI:
10.1186/1471-2458-11-127
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发表时间:
2011-02-22
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Sonnenberg P
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作者:
Field N;Murray J;Wong ML;Dowdeswell R;Dudumayo N;Rametsi L;Martinson N;Lipman M;Glynn JR;Sonnenberg P
Traditional tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome measures, such as cure rate, do not provide insight into the underlying reasons for missing clinical targets. We evaluated a TB Process-Based Performance Review (TB-PBPR) tool, developed to identify "missed opportunities" for timely and accurate diagnosis of TB. The tool enables performance assessment at the level of process and quality of care. The TB-PBPR tool is a single-page structured flow-sheet that identifies 14 clinical actions (grouped into elicited symptoms, clinical examination and investigations). Medical records from selected deceased patients were reviewed at two South African mine hospitals (A = 56 cases; B = 26 cases), a South African teaching hospital (C = 20 cases) and a UK teaching hospital (D = 13 cases). In hospital A, where autopsy was routine, TB was missed in life in 52% (23/44) of cases and was wrongly attributed as the cause of death in 16% (18/110). Clinical omissions were identified at each hospital and at every stage of clinical management. For example, recording of chest symptoms was omitted in up to 39% of cases, sputum smear examination in up to 85% and chest radiograph in up to 38% of cases respectively. This study introduces the TB-PBPR tool as a novel method to review and evaluate clinical performance in TB management. We found that simple clinical actions were omitted in many cases. The tool, in conjunction with a manual describing best practice, is adaptable to a range of settings, is educational and enables detailed feedback within a TB programme. The TB-PBPR tool and manual are both freely available for general use.
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影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Murray, Jill;Sonnenberg, Pam;Glynn, Judith R.
通讯作者:
Glynn, Judith R.
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Martinson, Neil A.;Karstaedt, Alan;Hale, Martin
通讯作者:
Hale, Martin
DOI:
10.1016/s0962-8479(05)80035-8
发表时间:
1995-08-01
期刊:
TUBERCLE AND LUNG DISEASE
影响因子:
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作者:
ROWINSKAZAKRZEWSKA, E;SZOPINSKI, J;ZWOLSKAKWIEK, Z
通讯作者:
ZWOLSKAKWIEK, Z
影响因子:
9.6
作者:
RIEDER, HL;KELLY, GD;SNIDER, DE
通讯作者:
SNIDER, DE
影响因子:
5.9
作者:
KRAMER, F;MODILEVSKY, T;BARNES, PF
通讯作者:
BARNES, PF