Table 5.
Framework of indicators
| Domain | Subdomains | Indicators | Measures | Data source |
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TB suspects
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| Healthcare seeking behavior |
Seeking care after onset of TB symptoms |
Length of patient delay |
Mean, median and range of patient delay |
TB suspect survey and clinic record review to learn the time of TB symptoms onset and the time for seeking care for first time |
| Percentage of patients with longer patient delay |
Percentage of patients with longer delay |
TB suspect survey and clinic record |
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| Pathways of seeking care |
Average number of health care provider encounters before diagnosis |
Average number of health care provider encounters before diagnosis |
TB suspect survey and clinic record |
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| Percentage of patients who encountered ≥2 non-TB health providers |
Percentage of patients who encountered ≥2 non-TB health providers |
TB suspect survey and clinic record |
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| Percentage of patients with first non-TB health contact following onset of TB symptoms |
Percentage of TB suspects who had first provider contact in non-TB health facility after onset of TB symptoms |
TB suspect survey and clinic record |
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| Transmission prevention |
Interpersonal contact etiquette |
Percentage of patients who wore respirator in Public |
Percentage of patients who wore respirator in Public after onset of TB symptoms |
TB suspect survey |
| Percentage of patients who consistently abstained from spitting |
Percentage of patients who consistently abstained from spitting after onset of TB symptoms |
TB suspect survey |
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| Percentage of patients who consistently covered face when sneezing/cough/speaking loudly |
Percentage of patients who consistently covered face when sneezing/cough/speaking loudly |
TB suspect survey |
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TB patients
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| Adherence to treatment |
Adherence to medication |
Percentage of patients who adhered to medication |
Percentage of patients who adhered to their medication |
TB patient survey and clinic record review |
| Percentage of patients with interrupted treatment |
Percentage of patients who experienced interrupted treatment. |
TB patient survey and clinic record review |
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| Percentage of patients with default treatment |
Percentage of patients who experienced default treatment. |
TB patient survey and clinic record review |
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| Follow-up sputum microscopy |
Percentage of patients who kept follow-up sputum microscopy |
Percentage of patients who kept follow-up sputum microscopy at the end of 2, 5 and 6 month of treatment |
TB patient survey or and clinic record review |
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| Healthy lifestyle |
Abstinence from smoking |
Percentage of patients who abstained from smoking |
Percentage of patients who abstained from smoking following TB health promotion. |
TB patient survey |
| Abstinence from alcohol drinking |
Percentage of patients who abstained from alcohol drinking |
Percentage of patients who abstained from drinking alcohol following TB health promotion. |
TB patient survey |
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| Nutrition improvement |
Percentage of patients with improved nutritional status |
Percentage of patients with improved nutritional status (e.g., assessed through weight or other anthropometric measures) following TB health promotion. |
TB patient survey |
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| Transmission prevention | Disposal of sputum |
Percentage of patients who consistently abstained from spitting |
Percentage of patients who consistently abstained from spitting sputum after diagnosis with TB |
TB patient survey |
| Percentage of patients with safe method of sputum disposal |
Percentage of patients with safe method of sputum disposal during the infective phrase of disease |
TB patient survey |
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| Interpersonal contact etiquette |
Percentage of patients who covered face when sneezing/cough/speaking loudly |
Percentage of patients who consistently covered face among ten times of sneezing/cough/speaking loudly |
TB patient survey |
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| Percentage of patients who wore respirator in public during in infective phrase of disease |
Percentage of patients who consistently wore respirator in public after diagnosis of TB |
TB patient survey |
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| Percentage of patients who reduced frequency of presence in public |
Percentage of patients who reduce times spent in public places |
TB patient survey |
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| Percentage of patients who informed contact of TB status |
Percentage of patients who disclosed their TB infection to their contacts and informed them to screen for TB |
TB patient survey and clinic record review about contact screening |
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| Room ventilation | Percentage of patients who ventilated their room | Percentage of patients who often ventilated their living room | TB patient survey | |