Ayşenur Kılıç, Amy L Clarke, Zoe Moon, Yohhei Hamada, Amy Hai Yan Chan, Ananna Rahman, Charlotte Layton, Chris J Griffiths, Dominik Zenner, Ellen Powell, Heinke Kunst, Marc Lipman, Mike Mandelbaum, Padmasayee Papineni, Tessa Tattersall, Trinh Duong, Ibrahim Abubakar, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Robert Horne
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 disrupted the TB prevention programme in the UK, especially for TB infection (TBI) care. We explore whether experience of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on patients' perceptions of TBI and its treatment. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted as part of the Research to Improve Detection and Treatment of TBI (RID-TB) programme, exploring perceptual and practical barriers to TBI treatment. Nineteen people diagnosed with TBI were interviewed between August 2020 and April 2021...
June 2024: Dialogues Health