Educational outreach visits to primary care nurses improved tuberculosis detection and treatment of obstructive lung disease

doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.58

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Quality improvement

Educational outreach visits to primary care nurses improved tuberculosis detection and treatment of obstructive lung disease

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.2.58

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Fairall LR, Zwarenstein M, Bateman ED, et al. Effect of educational outreach to nurses on tuberculosis case detection and primary care of respiratory illness: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2005;331:750–4.OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text

Q Do educational outreach visits to nurse practitioners improve tuberculosis detection and management of respiratory illness in primary care clinics in rural South Africa?

METHODS

Design:

cluster randomised controlled trial.

Allocation:

concealed.

Blinding:

blinded (patients and data collectors).

Follow up period:

1 and 4 months after intervention began.

Setting:

40 large primary care clinics in Free State province, South Africa.

Patients:

1999 patients ⩾15 years of age (mean age 45 y, 65% women) who had difficult breathing on presentation or in the past …

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