title: Knowing about you: eliciting dimensions of personhood within tuberculosis care.
abstract: Knowing someone with tuberculosis (TB) as a person, rather than defining them by their illness, is part of recognising their dignity and unique individuality, and a requirement for effective care.
  
  
  
  An adaptation of the Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) was formalised for persons receiving treatment for active TB or latent tuberculous infection (LTBI), and its impact was evaluated for both the person and health care providers (HCPs).
  
  
  
  Individuals with active TB or LTBI receiving treatment in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, were asked the PDQ as part of routine care. Patients and HCPs were subsequently invited to evaluate the application of the PDQ.
  
  
  
  Of the 58 participants who responded to the PDQ, 97% felt both that it was important to ask about them as an individual, and that the PDQ should be asked of all patients, while 55% thought it made a difference to their care. Thirty-eight per cent of HCPs said they learned something new about their patient, and 31% said it influenced their sense of connectedness with and sense of empathy for patients, as well as their personal satisfaction in providing care.
  
  
  
  Formalising a dignity question as part of person-centred care provides a mechanism to create a respectful environment that is caring of the most marginalised who carry the burden of TB.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Tuberculosis Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Department of Medical Microbiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Integrated Tuberculosis Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertram-Farough
authors.affiliation: Public Health Programme, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heywood
authors.affiliation: Klinic Community Health Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.affiliation: Klinic Community Health Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.affiliation: CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Department of Psychiatry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chochinov
authors.affiliation: Integrated Tuberculosis Services, and Public Health Programme, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Department of Medical Microbiology, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plourde
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008350:Manitoba; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D028723:Personhood; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy