Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Acceptance of the IT LEISH(r) and direct agglutination test- made in the Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas (DAT-LPC) by healthcare professionals and patients suspected of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Ribeirão das Neves was evaluated. METHODS: Ninety-two patients and 47 prof...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6b478d37aff4477eb17ad5f4b4b1ea0f 2023-05-15T15:01:37+02:00 Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil Tália Machado de Assis Paloma Nogueira Guimarães Edward Oliveira Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães Luciana Inácia Gomes Ana Rabello 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0247-2015 https://doaj.org/article/6b478d37aff4477eb17ad5f4b4b1ea0f EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000200241&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0247-2015 https://doaj.org/article/6b478d37aff4477eb17ad5f4b4b1ea0f Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 49, Iss 2, Pp 241-244 (2016) Acceptance Diagnostic tests Visceral leishmaniasis Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0247-2015 2022-12-30T21:38:31Z Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Acceptance of the IT LEISH(r) and direct agglutination test- made in the Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas (DAT-LPC) by healthcare professionals and patients suspected of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Ribeirão das Neves was evaluated. METHODS: Ninety-two patients and 47 professionals completed three questionnaires. RESULTS: Eighty-eight (96%) patients considered fingertip blood collection a positive test feature, and 86% (37) and 91% of professionals considered the IT LEISH(r) easy to perform and interpret, respectively. All professionals classified the DAT-LPC as simple and easy. CONCLUSIONS: Patients and healthcare professionals in Ribeirão das Neves demonstrated a high degree of acceptance of the IT LEISH(r) and DAT-LPC. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Neves ENVELOPE(-62.033,-62.033,-64.567,-64.567) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 49 2 241 244 |
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Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Acceptance of the IT LEISH(r) and direct agglutination test- made in the Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas (DAT-LPC) by healthcare professionals and patients suspected of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Ribeirão das Neves was evaluated. METHODS: Ninety-two patients and 47 professionals completed three questionnaires. RESULTS: Eighty-eight (96%) patients considered fingertip blood collection a positive test feature, and 86% (37) and 91% of professionals considered the IT LEISH(r) easy to perform and interpret, respectively. All professionals classified the DAT-LPC as simple and easy. CONCLUSIONS: Patients and healthcare professionals in Ribeirão das Neves demonstrated a high degree of acceptance of the IT LEISH(r) and DAT-LPC. |
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Tália Machado de Assis Paloma Nogueira Guimarães Edward Oliveira Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães Luciana Inácia Gomes Ana Rabello |
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Tália Machado de Assis Paloma Nogueira Guimarães Edward Oliveira Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães Luciana Inácia Gomes Ana Rabello |
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Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil |
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Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil |
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Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil |
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Acceptance and potential barriers to effective use of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil |
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