PMID- 32228761
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210427
LR  - 20210427
IS  - 1815-7920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1027-3719 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
DP  - 2020 Mar 1
TI  - Latent tuberculosis in pregnant women: a patient perspective.
PG  - 310-315
LID - 10.5588/ijtld.19.0255 [doi]
AB  - SETTING: Screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis (LTBI) in pregnant women 
      remains controversial, although studies suggest there is a significantly 
      increased risk of progression to active disease in the postpartum period. Studies 
      have also shown that adherence to postpartum follow-up and treatment of LTBI is 
      poor. To our knowledge, the reasons for this have not been investigated. We 
      therefore identified pregnant women originating from high-burden tuberculosis 
      (TB) countries now living in the Stockholm region, and screened and treated them 
      for LTBI.OBJECTIVE: To explore how women diagnosed with LTBI during pregnancy 
      understood and experienced their diagnosis and treatment.DESIGN: Sixteen 
      semi-structured interviews with women on treatment for LTBI were analysed using 
      content analysis with an inductive approach.RESULTS: None of the women were 
      familiar with LTBI and assumed they had active TB, causing anxiety about who they 
      might have infected and how it would affect the baby, as well as the fear of 
      being stigmatised. They showed great ability to search for and understand 
      information regarding their condition. Once treatment was initiated, they were 
      motivated to complete it.CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the key factors 
      was to provide treatment along with reliable information about LTBI to help 
      patients overcome their concerns and misconceptions.
FAU - Jansson, L
AU  - Jansson L
AD  - Department of Infectious diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna.
FAU - Shedrawy, J
AU  - Shedrawy J
AD  - Department of Public Health Sciences.
FAU - Lonnroth, Knut
AU  - Lonnroth K
AD  - Department of Public Health Sciences.
FAU - Bruchfeld, J
AU  - Bruchfeld J
AD  - Department of Infectious diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Unit of 
      Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
FAU - Kulane, A
AU  - Kulane A
AD  - Department of Public Health Sciences.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - France
TA  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
JT  - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal 
      of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
JID - 9706389
SB  - IM
CIN - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Mar 1;24(3):266-267. PMID: 32228753
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology
MH  - Mass Screening
MH  - Postpartum Period
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnant Women
MH  - *Tuberculosis
EDAT- 2020/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/28 06:00
CRDT- 2020/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5588/ijtld.19.0255 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Mar 1;24(3):310-315. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0255.