Table 3 Comparison of proportion of health workers practicing the IPT guideline correctly in the intervention and control arms at the beginning and end of the study
Adherence Item | Beginning of Study | End of Study | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention arm | Control arm | χ2 | p value | Intervention arm | Control arm | χ2 | p value | |
N = 44 n (%) | N = 41 n (%) | N = 41 n (%) | N = 35 n (%) | |||||
Use of TB screening tool (algorithm) to identify PLWHA eligible for IPT | 34 (77.3) | 38 (92.7) | 3.89 | 0.05 | 36 (87.8) | 74.3 (26) | 2.30 | 0.13 |
Encourage PLWHA to start IPT once they are eligible | 40 (90.9) | 37 (90.2) | FT | 1.0 | 40 (97.5) | 32 (91.4) | FT | 0.33 |
Provide INH for eligible HIV+ patients | 35 (79.5) | 41 (100.0) | FT | 0.003a | 38 (92.7) | 32 (91.4) | FT | 1.0 |
Educate clients on IPT & on the need to adhere to their treatment | 41 (93.2) | 38 (92.6) | FT | 1.0 | 41 (100.0) | 32 (91.5) | FT | 0.09 |
Monitor and manage clients with INH drug toxicity | 32 (72.8) | 36 (87.8) | 3.02 | 0.08 | 36 (87.8) | 30 (85.7) | 0.07 | 0.79 |
Overall Adherence score | ||||||||
 Good | 27 (61.4) | 37 (90.2) | 9.52 |  < 0.002a | 37 (90.2) | 30 (85.7) | 0.37 | 0.54b |
 Poor | 17 (38.6) | 4(9.8) |  |  | 4 (9.8) | 5 (14.3) |  |  |