{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,10]],"date-time":"2026-06-10T07:15:51Z","timestamp":1781075751393,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["int j tuberc lung dis"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:bold>BACKGROUND:<\/jats:bold> The End TB Strategy calls for the global scale-up of treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI). We aimed to evaluate a nurse-led care programme for LTBI by identifying gaps in the care cascade in a low-incidence TB setting.<jats:bold>METHODS:<\/jats:bold> We included people at\n risk of TB over a 15-year period. We define three main outcomes in the LTBI care cascade: 1) attendance at the first appointment, 2) completion of the evaluation process, and 3) completion of treatment.<jats:bold>RESULTS:<\/jats:bold> We identified 6,126 individuals (2,369 TB contacts, 1,749 biological\n therapy candidates, and 2,008 transplant candidates). Overall, 5,938 (96.9%) attended, 5,872\/5,938 (98.9%) completed the evaluation and 1,624\/1,847 (87.9%) completed treatment. Pre-biological (aOR 2.32, 95% CI 1.54\u20133.49) and pre-transplant (aOR 1.82, 95% CI 1.20\u20132.76) candidates\n were more likely to attend the first appointment, while age was associated with completing the evaluation process (aOR 1.02, 95% CI 1.003\u20131.04). Female sex (aOR 1.47, 95% CI 1.08\u20131.99) was associated with completing the treatment.<jats:bold>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:bold> Successful assessment and\n treatment of LTBI is achievable when delivered as a part of a comprehensive, nurse-led, patient-centred programme in specialist TB clinics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5588\/ijtld.22.0611","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,10]],"date-time":"2023-04-10T09:42:30Z","timestamp":1681119750000},"page":"315-321","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Identifying gaps in the cascade of care for latent TB infection in a low-incidence setting"],"prefix":"10.5588","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"M. 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