Research Article
Engaging Informal Private Health Care Providers for TB Case Detection: Experiences from RIPEND Project in India
Table 2
TB management practices of Informal providers at the time of involvement under RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, during 2018-19 (
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| S. no | Variables | Number (%) |
| 1 | Symptoms of presumptive TB | weeks | 528 (95) | Not recorded | 27 (5) |
| 2 | Action taken when encountered presumptive TB | Referred | 1 (0.5) | Order TB test | 553 (99) | Not recorded | 1 (0.5) |
| 3 | Where do you refer? | Government | 555 (100) | Private | 0 |
| 4 | Do you ask for chest radiography? | Yes | 0 | No | 552 (99) | Not recorded | 3 (1) |
| 5 | Do you ask for sputum smear microscopy? | Yes | 553 (100) | No | 0 | Not recorded | 2 (0) |
| 6 | Do you ask for blood test? | Yes | 0 | No | 554 (99) | Not recorded | 1 (1) |
| 7 | Are you sensitized on TB by project staff? | Yes | 466 (84) | No | 87 (16) | Not recorded | 2 (0) |
| 8 | Where were you sensitized? | Government | 454 (82) | Private | 7 (3) | Not recorded | 94 (17) |
| 9 | Are you a DOT provider? | Yes | 25 (4) | No | 518 (94) | Not recorded | 12 (2) |
| 10 | Do you use project mobile application routinely? | Yes | 218 (40) | No | 330 (60) | Not applicable | 2 (0) | Not recorded | 5 (1) |
| 11 | Have you received incentives from project for referrals? (Initial 3 months) | Yes | 86 (15) | No | 466 (85) | Not recorded | 3 (0) |
| 12 | Are you willing to undergo programmatic sensitization? | Yes | 528 (95) | No | 16 (3) | Not applicable | 3 (1) | Not recorded | 8 (1) |
| 13 | How many hours can you devote for sensitization? | 4 hours | 537 (97) | 1 day | 1 (0) | Not recorded | 17 (3) |
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