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. 2008 Nov 18;37(4):235–238. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13085955

Proyecto TB-Red: pilotaje y evaluación de un sistema de transferencia de información dirigido a la población inmigrante móvil enferma de tuberculosis

Tb-red (tb-network) project: pilot study and evaluation of an information transfer system aimed at the mobile immigrant population that has tuberculosis

B Sanz-Barbero 1,; En representación del Grupo TB-Red1,1
PMCID: PMC7679906  PMID: 16545269

Abstract

Objective

The main objective of this project is to set up and assess a pilot model to help increase the cure rate in the mobile immigrant population with Tuberculosis. A model of information transfer is proposed. This is based on successful experiences in other countries.

Design

Prospective, longitudinal study.

Population

The cases will be collected through participating hospitals in the REUMT network (Spanish Network of Tropical Medicine Units): Hospital Central de Defensa (Madrid); Hospital de la Fe (Valencia); Hospital del INGESA de Melilla (Melilla); Hospital del INGESA de Ceuta (Ceuta); Hospital Son Dureta (Mallorca), as well as through hospitals in Nador,Tetuan, and Tangier and Immigrants’ Reception Centres (CETI) in Ceuta, Melilla, and Fuerteventura. In recent years, tuberculosis in these hospitals has been estimated at about 250 cases.

Method

To set up the project, 4 items are needed: a) registration form; b) extensible identification card; c) telephone, and d) data base. The coordination of the project and collection of information will be centralised at the National Centre of Tropical Medicine, which is also the coordinator of the REUMT network.

Information analysis

A statistical analysis of the data base will be run, first descriptive and then bivariate.To assess the intervention, indicators marking the process and results will be collected.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Immigration, Mobility

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