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Table 2 Results of rating in round 2 for health policymakers and TB HCWs

From: Framework of behavioral indicators evaluating TB health promotion outcomes: a modified Delphi study of TB policymakers and health workers

Item

Importance

Feasibility

 

Median

Mode

Consensus (% score of >7)

CV

Median

Mode

Consensus (% score of >7)

CV

Policymakers

 Domains

  Resource inputs

9

9

100

0.1

7

9

87.6

0.2

  Behaviors of policymakers

9

9

100

0.1

7

9

87.6

0.2

 Subdomains

  Financial resources

9

9

100

0

9

9

100

0.1

  Human resources

9

9

100

0

9

9

100

0.1

  Policymaking

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

93.8

0.2

  Monitoring of policy implementation

9

9

100

0.1

7

9

80

0.2

 Indicators

  (Full time/part time) human resources per 100,000 people)

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Special funds for TB control/person

9

9

100

0

9

9

100

0.1

  Funds for infrastructural construction in the past 5 years

9

9

87.6

0.2

9

9

81.3

0.2

  Funds for infrastructural construction during the evaluation

9

9

87.5

0.2

9

9

81.3

0.2

  Number of policies made for TB control

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Satisfaction rate with policy (in terms of funding, decision making, implementing, monitoring)

9

9

100

0.1

7

7

75.3

0.2

  Percentage of workplace meetings assigned to TB control

7

9

75.1

0.2

7

7

62.5

0.3

  Percentage and number of policies monitored

8

9

93.8

0.2

7

9

75

0.2

TB HCWs

 Domains

  Self-protective behavior

9

9

100

0

9

9

100

0.1

  Behaviors related to diagnosing TB patients

9

9

100

0.1

7

7

93.8

0.2

  Behaviors related to tracing of TB suspects

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

93.8

0.2

  Behaviors related to treating TB patients

9

9

100

0.1

8

9

93.8

0.2

  Behaviors related to health education targeted at TB patients

9

9

100

0.1

7

7

81.3

0.2

 Subdomains

  Breaking the chains of transmission (Prevention of infection)

9

9

100

0.1

8

9

87.5

0.2

  Implementing clinic guidelines for TB patient diagnosis

9

9

93.3

0.1

7

7

80

0.2

  Tracing TB suspects referred by non-TB control health facilities

9

9

93.8

0.2

9

9

86.7

0.2

  Implementing standardized chemotherapy

9

9

93.8

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Monitoring treatment

9

9

93.8

0.2

9

9

87.6

0.2

  Content of health education

9

9

93.8

0.1

8

9

100

0.1

  Time on health education

8

9

100

0.2

7

7

91.3

0.2

 Indicators

  Hours of workplace UVGI (hours/day)

9

9

93.8

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of doctors ventilating workplace everyday

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of doctors wearing N-95 respirators

9

9

94.4

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of patients diagnosed at implementing clinic

9

9

93.8

0.1

7

7

86.7

0.2

  Percentage of TB suspects successfully traced

9

9

100

0.2

9

9

86.6

0.2

  Percentage of patients who received standard treatment  regimen

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

93.8

0.2

  Percentage of patients covered by DOT

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

93.4

0.2

  Percentage of patients who received information on free TB treatment policy

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of patients who received information on importance of adherence to treatment

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

93.8

0.2

  Percentage of patients who received information on regular follow-up sputum microscopies

9

9

100

0.1

9

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of patients who received information on managing side-effects of anti-TB drugs

9

9

93.8

0.2

7

9

100

0.1

  Percentage of patients who received information on a healthy lifestyle

9

9

93.8

0.2

7

9

87.6

0.2

  Percentage of patients who received information on preventing TB transmission

9

9

93.8

0.2

7

9

87.6

0.2

  Average minutes of health education per patient

8

9

87.5

0.2

7

7

93.8

0.2

  1. Note: UVGI refers to Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation