Influence of COVID-19 on the notification of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

Background: To analyze the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the process of diagnosis and monitoring of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in the state of Paraná, Brazil, from 2015 to 2020.

Methods: Ecological study with quantitative approach. This study was based on diagnosed cases of pulmonary TB reported in the Notifiable Disease Information System in residents of Paraná; as well as through the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020.

Reducing care time after implementing protocols for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review.

Background: The treatment of acute ischemic stroke with cerebral reperfusion therapy requires rapid care and recognition of symptoms.

Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of implementing protocols for acute ischemic stroke in reducing care time.

Methods: Systematic review, which was performed with primary studies in Portuguese, English, and Spanish published between 2011 and 2020.

Information system on tuberculosis: data completeness spatial analysis in the state of Paraná, Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the spatiality of completeness of the Information System on Diseases of Compulsory Declaration of tuberculosis in Paraná state, focusing on the border region.

Method: A study composed by the notified cases of the disease treated in Paraná between 2008 and 2017. The variable completeness was classified as excellent (<5% of incompleteness), good (5 to <10%), regular (10 to <20%), poor (20% to 50%), and very poor (>50%).

Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: sociodemographic and clinical profile in Brazilian municipalities.

Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic and clinical profile of tuberculosis cases with Diabetes Mellitus in Brazilian municipalities in the states of São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Norte.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study, whose population consisted of tuberculosis cases notified between 2010 and 2014. Data were collected from secondary sources.

Determinants of coinfection tuberculosis and HIV in prisons in Brazil.

Introduction: Prisons context has the potential for the spread of infectious diseases, like HIV and tuberculosis, which prevalence is higher in the people deprived of liberty compared to the general population.

Objective: to analyze which are the determinants of coinfection tuberculosis and HIV in prisons.

Methodology: Case-control study conducted in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Effect of social development in reducing tuberculosis mortality In northeastern Brazil areas.

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is the primary cause of death among infectious diseases affecting groups in extreme poverty. Social improvements could reverse this situation in Brazil. This study aims to demonstrate the spatial relationship between social development (SD) and TB mortality in Natal, a city in northeastern Brazil.

Permanence of professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program.

Objective: To analyze the length of stay of the professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program in Basic Health Units of the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ.

Method: Sectional study, developed in eight Health Units of the Maré Complex/RJ. Physicians, nurses, nursing technicians and Community Health Agents of the Family Health Teams were interviewed.

[Access to diagnosis of tuberculosis in Brazilian medium-sized municipality].

Objetivo: Evaluating access to tuberculosis diagnosis, from the perspective of patients.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 108 tuberculosis patients. Data were collected using the brazilian instrument Primary Care Assessment Tool - PCAT-Brazil, adapted for attention to tuberculosis, including socio-economic and demographic indicators, location of diagnosis and diagnostic access tuberculosis.

Coordination of health care with the community in the clinical management of tuberculosis.

Objective: determine the coordination of Primary Health Care with community resources in the clinical management of tuberculosis.

Method: descriptive study, of quantitative approach, with participation of one hundred health professionals. Part of a questionnaire was used in evaluating local institutional capacity for the model of chronic conditions care, adapted for tuberculosis care.

Clinical information systems for the management of tuberculosis in primary health care.

Objective: to analyze the clinical information systems used in the management of tuberculosis in Primary Health Care.

Method: descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study with 100 health professionals with data collected through a questionnaire to assess local institutional capacity for the model of attention to chronic conditions, as adapted for tuberculosis care. The analysis was performed through descriptive and inferential statistics.

Assessment of Primary Health Care in the Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Brazilian Locality of the International Triple Frontier.

Objective: To evaluate the performance of Primary Health Care (PHC) in treatment of TB patients in a triple international border municipality.

Methods: The present study was an evaluative survey of cross-sectional and quantitative approach conducted with 225 PHC healthcare professionals. Data was collected through a structured and validated instrument, which provided five indicators of "structure" and four indicators of "process" classified as unsatisfactory, regular or satisfactory.

Critical points for the control of Tuberculosis on Primary Health Care.

Objective: To analyze the discourses of professionals that work on the reference service about the critical points that affects the essential attributes of the Primary Health Care (PHC) related to the control of tuberculosis in the city of João Pessoa.

Method: The empirical material collected from August to October in 2014, through the interview technique was analyzed through the methodological-theoretical framework of French Discourse Analysis.

Results: The discourses demonstrated the critical points on the control of the disease on PHC as being the lack of bond and welcoming from the professionals in relation to patients with tuberculosis.

Coordinated care for tuberculosis: data registration and implementation of a computerized system.

Objective: to analyze sources of data for tuberculosis (TB) before and after the implementation of the Computerized System to Record Care for TB in Ribeirão Preto - SP.

Method: Intervention, descriptive-analytical epidemiological study. Data was collected from secondary sources using a structured form, and analyzed using Chi-squared or Fisher's Exact Test, with a significance level of 5%.

Primary Health Care and tuberculosis: services evaluation.

Introduction:: In order to control tuberculosis, the Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends the decentralization of control actions directed to the Primary Health Care, and there are few studies on the performance of the Tuberculosis Control Program in decentralized contexts.

Objective:: To evaluate the performance of Primary Health Care services in tuberculosis treatment.

Methods:: This is an evaluative study with cross-sectional approach conducted in 2011.

Tuberculosis control program in the municipal context: performance evaluation.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Tuberculosis Control Program in municipalities of the State of São Paulo.

Methods: This is a program evaluation research, with ecological design, which uses three non-hierarchical groups of the municipalities of the State of São Paulo according to their performance in relation to operational indicators. We have selected 195 municipalities with at least five new cases of tuberculosis notified in the Notification System of the State of São Paulo and with 20,000 inhabitants or more in 2010.

[Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis in adults in a city of São Paulo State, Brazil, in 2009: a cross-sectional study].

Objective: to evaluate patient and health service characteristics associated with tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis delay.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in São José do Rio Preto-SP in 2009; the 'entry point' and 'access to diagnosis' dimensions of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) were selected to analyze patient and HS delay.

Results: 99 TB patients were included in the study; the median time related to patient and HS delay was 15 days; delay in seeking services was lower among smokers (PR= 0.

Tuberculosis control in people living with HIV/AIDS.

Objective: to analyze the offering of health actions and services for the control of tuberculosis for people living with HIV/AIDS being followed up in the Specialized Care Services for HIV/AIDS in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Method: quantitative, exploratory survey study. Participated 253 people living with HIV/AIDS followed up by this service, considering as inclusion criteria: individuals older than 18 years living in the city and not inmates.

Care production for tuberculosis cases:analysis according to the elements of the Chronic Care Model.

Objective: To analyze the care provided to tuberculosis cases in primary health care services according to the elements of the Chronic Care Model.

Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in a capital city of the northeastern region of Brazil involving 83 Family Health Strategy professionals.A structured tool adapted to tuberculosis-related care in Brazil was applied.

Latent Tuberculosis Infection Diagnostic and Treatment Cascade among Contacts in Primary Health Care in a City of Sao Paulo State, Brazil: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a tool for global TB control, especially in close contacts. But data is scarce in high burden countries, under field conditions, including data on the benefits of LTBI management.

Objective: To analyze the LTBI diagnosis and treatment cascade among contacts in primary health care (PHC) services in São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brazil.

Evaluation of the performance of Tuberculosis Control Programs in Brazil and Spain: an integrative review of the literature.

This is an integrative review of the literature, which sought to locate evidence regarding the evaluation of the performance of tuberculosis control programs in the Brazilian and Spanish contexts. Articles indexed in databases, search directories and virtual libraries produced in Brazil and Spain from 2002 to 2013 were selected. A total of 17 articles (9 Brazilian and 8 Spanish) were included for analysis.

Gateway to the diagnosis of tuberculosis among elders in Brazilian municipalities.

Objective: to analyze the factors associated with the gateway of the health systems of Brazilian municipalities for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in older people.

Method: survey study type, with a sample of 91 elders, in a population with 706 cases of tuberculosis. Data were collected by means of an instrument based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) adapted for tuberculosis care, emphasizing the gateway variable.

Validity and reliability of a health care service evaluation instrument for tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity and reliability of an instrument that evaluates the structure of primary health care units for the treatment of tuberculosis. METHODS This cross-sectional study used simple random sampling and evaluated 1,037 health care professionals from five Brazilian municipalities (Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte; Cabedelo, state of Paraíba; Foz do Iguaçu, state of Parana; Sao José do Rio Preto, state of Sao Paulo, and Uberaba, state of Minas Gerais) in 2011. Structural indicators were identified and validated, considering different methods of organization of the health care system in the municipalities of different population sizes.

[Performance evaluation of primary care services for the treatment of tuberculosis].

Objective: Evaluating the performance of primary care services for the treatment of tuberculosis according to the assessment referential of health services (structure/process) in Cabedelo, a port city in the state of Paraíba.

Method: An evaluation quantitative, cross-sectional study, in which were carried out 117 interviews with health professionals using a structured instrument. The analysis was based on the construction of indicators using a standardized value for the reduced variable (z=1).

[Nursing practices in the attention to a chronic condition (tuberculosis): analysis of secondary sources].

Objective: To analyze nursing practiced in the treatment of tuberculosis, based on secondary data records.

Method: Descriptive study of the retrospective survey kind, conducted in Ribeirão Preto, from August to December 2013. The data of 109 electronic and clinical medical records, and a TB reporting system in the state of São Paulo for residents in the municipality monitored in the reference clinics.

[Coordination of care for people living with HIV/AIDS in a city in São Paulo State, Brazil.].

The aim of this study was to analyze the coordination of health activities and services for persons living with AIDS. This was a cross-sectional study of 301 persons living with AIDS. The analysis used descriptive techniques, analysis of variance, and multiple comparisons of means.