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Table 1 TB aftermath schedule of evaluations

From: Tuberculosis (TB) Aftermath: study protocol for a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation non-inferiority randomized trial in India comparing two active case finding (ACF) strategies among individuals treated for TB and their household contacts

Activity/evaluation

Time point

Administration

Entry

+M6

+M12

+M18 (Mop-up)

NTEP HCW

Study staff

Index patients

 Informed consent, enrolment and randomization

X

    

X

 Socio-demographic and clinical questionnaires

X

  

X

 

X

 Household geo-coding

X

    

X

 Biomass fuel, smoking and alcohol exposure questionnaires

X

  

X

 

X

 Point-of-care HbA1c test

X

    

X

 Lung health assessments

X

Xa

Xa

X

 

X

 Modified WHO survey for TB patient costs

X

X

 

X

 

X

 TB symptom questionnaire

X

X

X

X

X

 

 TB event questionnaire

 

Any time TB case is identified

 

X

Household contacts

 Informed consent and enrolmentb

 

X

X

X

 

X

 Clinical questionnaire

 

Xa

 

X

 

X

 Lung health assessments

 

Xa

 

Xa

 

X

 TB symptom questionnaire

 

X

X

X

X

 

 TB event questionnaire

 

Any time TB case is identified

 

X

  1. aOnly among HACF arm participants
  2. bStudy data will not be collected directly from HHCs unless a home visit is conducted and they are consented
  3. Abbreviations: TB tuberculosis, WHO World Health Organization, HACF home-based active case finding