title: [Performance of tuberculosis control services in municipalities of Paraná: family centeredness].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse and compare the performance of tuberculosis control services from the perspective of healthcare service users in relation to family centeredness.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, quantitative and qualitative study with 89 patients undergoing TB treatment in the 15th regional health district of Paraná. Data were collected from April to June 2012 using semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were submitted to variance analysis or to the Kruskal-Wallis test and the qualitative data were subjected to content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quantitative data showed that the health units performed better for the indicators 'healthcare professionals know the people who live with the user' (p = 0.1340) and 'evaluation of family members with specific tests' (p = 0.1430), while the benchmark outpatient units performed better for 'dialogue with family members about tuberculosis' (p = 0.5203) and 'treatment' (p = 0.4788). Analysis of the qualitative data produced two categories: 'family involvement in the treatment of tuberculosis' and 'disconnection of the health service from the family of patients with tuberculosis'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare teams should support and guide the families since they provide the care to patients undergoing tuberculosis treatment.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus de Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mara Cristina Ribeiro
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Roxana Isabel Cardozo
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D022143:Family Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*