A controlled trial of the knowledge impact of Tuberculosis information leaflets among staff supporting substance misusers: Pilot study

Roy, Anjana, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Chapman, Ann, Andrews, Nick, Pattinson, Mike, Lipman, Marc, Rodrigues, Laura C., Figueroa, Jose, Tamne, Surinder and Catchpole, Mike (2011) A controlled trial of the knowledge impact of Tuberculosis information leaflets among staff supporting substance misusers: Pilot study. PLoS One, 6 (6). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Information leaflets are widely used to increase awareness and knowledge of disease. Limited research has, to date, been undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of these information resources. This pilot study sought to determine whether information leaflets developed specifically for staff working with substance mis-users improved knowledge of tuberculosis (TB). METHOD: Staffs working with individuals affected by substance mis-use were recruited between January and May 2008. All participants were subjectively allocated by their line manager either to receive the TB-specific leaflet or a control leaflet providing information on mental health. Level of knowledge of TB was assessed using questionnaires before and after the intervention and data analysed using McNemar's exact test for matched pairs. RESULTS: The control group showed no evidence of a change in knowledge of TB, whereas the TB questionnaire group demonstrated a significant increase in knowledge including TB being curable (81% correct before to 100% correct after), length of treatment required (42% before to 73% after), need to support direct observation (18% to 62%) and persistent fever being a symptom (56% to 87%). Among key workers, who have a central role in implementing a care plan, 88% reported never receiving any TB awareness-raising intervention prior to this study, despite 11% of all respondents having TB diagnosed among their clients. CONCLUSION: Further randomized controlled trials are required to confirm the observed increase in short-term gain in knowledge and to investigate whether knowledge gain leads to change in health status.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2011 Roy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2012 14:31
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 01:00
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36104
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0020875

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