[TB-Red (TB-Network) Project: pilot study and evaluation of an information transfer].
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.


METHODS
Prospective, longitudinal study.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.
Sanz-Barbero
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Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. bsanz@isciii.es
D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000628:therapy*