Impact of mobile teams on tuberculosis treatment outcomes, Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013–2015

Sami Alqahtani; Abdulhameed Kashkary; Abdullah Asiri; Heba Kamal; Jose Binongo; Kenneth Castro; Scott McNabb

doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2017.09.005

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Impact of mobile teams on tuberculosis treatment outcomes, Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013–2015

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Sami Alqahtani^a^{, *}^,samithabit@hotmail.com, Abdulhameed Kashkary^a, Abdullah Asiri^a^{, b}, Heba Kamal^a, Jose Binongo^b, Kenneth Castro^b, Scott McNabb^b

^aMinistry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^bRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

^*Corresponding author at: 4989 Almusa Subdivision, Unit #2, Khamis Mushayt 62463-8464, Saudi Arabia.

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Sami Alqahtanisamithabit@hotmail.com

Received 19 June 2017, Revised 10 September 2017, Accepted 22 September 2017, Available Online 28 September 2017.

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Keywords: Directly observed therapy; Mobile teams; Saudi Arabia; Tuberculosis
Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the tuberculosis (TB) mobile teams on treatment outcomes in Riyadh Region by comparing patients who received treatment under mobile teams and those who did not, from 2013 to 2015. This was a retrospective descriptive study using National TB Control and Prevention Program data from 2013 to 2015 from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Descriptive analyses were used to summarize characteristics of TB case-patients served by mobile teams and those who were not served. The χ² test measured the significant differences between mobile-served and non-mobile-served case-patients. Exposure was whether or not the TB case-patient was under the care of the mobile team; the outcome of interest was whether or not treatment was successful, defined as treatment completed and cured. We found that the ratio of treatment success among mobile team case-patients was 1.28 greater than among those not served by mobile teams. The χ² test showed a statistically significant finding (probability ratio = 1.28; 95% confidence interval = 1.21–1.35, p < 0.01). Mobile teams increased the treatment success rate to 92%, compared to 71.77% among those not served by mobile teams. This study shows that community mobilization of mobile teams is an effective strategy to enhance TB treatment, reduced mortality and loss to follow-up and improve TB treatment outcomes.
Copyright: © 2017 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
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Publication Date: 2017/09/28
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