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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (9): 921-925.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2020.09.007

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Analysis of the awareness about knowledge on the updated TB diagnosis standard among the practitioners in TB control institutions

MENG Qing-lin*, LI Jin-lan, LIN Ding-wen, MA Yong-cheng, HOU Shuang-yi, LIU Nian-qiang, ZHOU Lin()   

  1. *Division of Patients Care, National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2020-06-28 Online:2020-09-10 Published:2020-09-18
  • Contact: ZHOU Lin E-mail:zhoulin@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

Objective To learn the understanding on the major contents of Standard WS 1962017 Classification of tuberculosis and WS 2882017 Diagnosis for pulmonary tuberculosis among parctitioners in the TB control, or medical staff in designated medical institutions and/or TB control staff in the center for disease control and prevention at the survey sites, and propose measures to further implement the new standards.Methods This was a cross-sectional study, including 5 provinces (autonomous region) selected according to geographical distribution and previous work on TB control, including 4 prefectures (cities), 9 counties (districts). A questionnaire was used to investigate staff working on management and clinical diagnosis in designated medical institutions and center for disease control and prevention. The main content of the questionnaire was about technical updates on the two new standards, involving a total of 10 questions related to core information. Totally 325 questionnaires were distributed, 325 were retrieved. Collected data were statistically analyzed and verified using χ2. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant difference.Results The results showed that the total awareness rate of staff in center for disease control and prevention (87.8%, 202/230) and doctors in designated medical institutions (85.1%, 1455/1710) were higher than other personnel (76.3%, 1000/1310), and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 value were 15.078, 37.357 respectively; All P value were 0.000 respectively). The total awareness rate of all the information was 81.8% (2657/3250), of which the awareness rate of the 10th piece “Which part of the tuberculosis lesions in the new diagnostic criteria need to be registered and reported in accordance with the principles of tuberculosis management” was the highest, at 93.5% (304/325), while awareness rate of the 6th piece “How to diagnose non-active tuberculosis” was the lowest, at 73.2% (238/325).Conclusion This study showed that staff in 13 designated medical institutions and center for disease control and prevention did not fully understand these two new standards. In order to effectively control TB epidemic in China, it is essential to strengthen the effective promotion and implementation of the new standards.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Updated standard, Knowledge, Questionnaires, Medical staff, Outcome assessment (health care), Data interpretation, statistical