Treatment of tuberculosis: disease patient pathway analysis in the health care services system

• Grant number: 12/51819-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa
• Grantee: Maria Eugênia Firmino Brunello
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study is part of a multicenter project to be held in South, Southeast and Northeast of Brazil and aims to analyze the course of tuberculosis patients during treatment in the system of health services. This is an exploratory study with a quantitative approach, which will be held in Ribeirão Preto-SP, The study population will be carriers of notificated tuberculosis patients who live in the city and completed treatment in 2010 and 2011, except institutionalized patients in prisons and under 18 years old. The research will be conducted through the secondaries datas reporting system state (TBWEB) records for socio-demographic, clinical and epidemiotogical datas, and in the municipal system of electronic medical (Hygia-WEB) where you can check the health services health where attended the patient, tests ordered, as well as the professionals who attended. The indicators developed will be analyzed according to the dimensions Demand, Resources, Processes/Outputs and Outcomes. We are going to use descriptive statistics technique to analyze the datas, the elaboration of flowcharts to visualize the path of the person with tuberculosis during treatment and application of Factorial Analysis of Correspondence to assess the association between indicators developed and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients. It is hoped that the study will contribute with managers, coordinators of tuberculosis program control and health professionals to understand the importance of information system as a tool for planning assistance from TB eliminating articulation barriers between the levels of care. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARIA EUGENIA FIRMINO BRUNELLO; MARIA FERNANDA SIMIELE-BECK; NATHALIA HALAX ORFÃO; ANNELIESE DOMINGUES WYSOCKI; GABRIELA TAVARES MAGNABOSCO; RUBIA LAINE DE PAULA ANDRADE; ALINE APARECIDA MONROE; ALINE ALE BERALDO; TEREZA CRISTINA SCATENA VILLA. Atuação da enfermagem na atenção a uma condição crônica (tuberculose): análise de fontes secundárias. Rev. Gaúcha Enferm., v. 36, p. 62-69, 2015-00-00. (12/51819-7)