From: General and tuberculosis-specific service readiness in two states in Nigeria
Variables | Anambra n (%) | Oyo n (%) | Total n (%) | p-value | 95% CI |
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Staff and Guidelines | |||||
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of TB | |||||
-Yes | 17 (77.3) | 18 (90) | 35 (83.3) | ||
Guidelines for management of HIV and TB co-infection | |||||
-Yes | 17 (77.3) | 18 (90) | 35 (83.3) | ||
Guidelines for TB infection control | |||||
-Yes | 17 (77.3) | 18 (90) | 35 (83.3) | ||
Staff trained for TB diagnosis and treatments | |||||
-Yes | 18 (81.8) | 16 (80) | 34 (81) | ||
Staff trained for HIV and TB co-infection | |||||
- Yes | 6 (27.3) | 0 (0) | 6 (14.3) | ||
Staff trained for MDR-TB | |||||
- Yes | 4 (18.2) | 6 (30) | 10 (23.8) | ||
Staff trained for hiv | |||||
- Yes | 17 (77.3) | 18 (90) | 35 (83.3) | ||
Domain score (mean availability of items as percent) [Mean (SE)] | 57.3 (5.5) | 57 (4.2) | 57.1 (3.4) | 0.11 | −13.8, 14.4 |
Diagnostics | |||||
Availability of TB microscopy | |||||
- Yes | 14 (63.6) | 13 (65.0) | 27 (64.3) | ||
System for the diagnosis of HIV among TB clients | |||||
- Yes | 22 (100) | 20 (100) | 42 (100) | ||
Domain score (mean availability of items as percent) [Mean (SE)] | 81.8 (5.3) | 82.5 (5.5) | 82.1 (3.7) | 0.86 | −16.0, 14.6 |
Medicines and commodities | |||||
Availability of first-line TB medications | |||||
- Yes | 18 (91.8) | 18 (90) | 36 (85.7%) | ||
Domain score (mean availability of items as percent) [Mean (SE)] | 81.8 (8.4) | 90 (6.7) | 85.7 (5.5) | 0.13 | −30.4, 14.1 |