Table 2.
Attendance for TB Screening
| Different models of TB screening for immigrants | |||||
| Details | Port of arrivals | General practice | Homeless | ||
| Invited for screening | 1262 | unknown | 172 | ||
| Responded to invitation |
235 (18.6%) | 45 | 172 (100%) | ||
| Received TST | 181 (77%) | 39 (86.7%) | 172 (100%) | ||
| Non attendance for TST reading |
54 (29.8%) | 9 (23.1) | 45 (26.2%) | ||
| BCG vaccination and chemoprophylaxis administration | |||||
| Bothamley et al 2002 | Ormerod 1990 | ||||
| Details | PoA | GP | Homeless | PoA | GP |
| Study population | 1262 | Unknown | 172 | 1085 | 948 |
| Received TST | 181 | 39 | 172 | 1085 | 948 |
| Offered BCG | 18 (14.2%) | 14 (46.7%) | 29 (16.9%) | 413 (29.9%) | |
| Received BCG | 18 (100%) | 14 (100%) | 27 (93.1%) | 413 (100%) | |
| Started chemoprophylaxis |
6 (4.7%) | 8 (26.7%) | 11 (6.4%) | 40/322 (12.4%) | |
| Finished chemoprophylaxis |
5 (83.3%) | 2 (25%) | 6 (54.5%) | Not reported | |