Suspicious for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impact of the Simple Verbal Intervention for Adequately Collecting Sputum and the Acceptable Specimen Based on Gram Stain, on the Results of Sputum Acid-fast Bacilli Smear Testing
simple verbal intervention with figure of lung and upper respiratory tract will be helpful
to adequately collecting sputum.
and in the acceptable specimen based on Gram stain, positivity for AFB stain and culture
rate will be higher.
suspicious patients for pulmonary tuberculosis are randomized to control or education group. patients in education group will be educated with the brochure that contains figure of lung/upper respiratory tract and methods of collecting sputum. ;
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic