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BMJ Open ; 14(2): e075526, 2024 Feb 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38373855

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OBJECTIVE: Blood culture (BC) sampling is recommended for all suspected sepsis patients prior to antibiotic administration. We examine barriers and enablers to BC sampling in three Southeast Asian countries. DESIGN: A Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)-based survey, comprising a case scenario of a patient presenting with community-acquired sepsis and all 14 TDF domains of barriers/enablers to BC sampling. SETTING: Hospitals in Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam, December 2021 to 30 April 2022. PARTICIPANTS: 1070 medical doctors and 238 final-year medical students were participated in this study. Half of the respondents were women (n=680, 52%) and most worked in governmental hospitals (n=980, 75.4%). OUTCOME MEASURES: Barriers and enablers to BC sampling. RESULTS: The proportion of respondents who answered that they would definitely take BC in the case scenario was highest at 89.8% (273/304) in Thailand, followed by 50.5% (252/499) in Viet Nam and 31.3% (157/501) in Indonesia (p<0.001). Barriers/enablers in nine TDF domains were considered key in influencing BC sampling, including 'priority of BC (TDF-goals)', 'perception about their role to order or initiate an order for BC (TDF-social professional role and identity)', 'perception that BC is helpful (TDF-beliefs about consequences)', 'intention to follow guidelines (TDF-intention)', 'awareness of guidelines (TDF-knowledge)', 'norms of BC sampling (TDF-social influence)', 'consequences that discourage BC sampling (TDF-reinforcement)', 'perceived cost-effectiveness of BC (TDF-environmental context and resources)' and 'regulation on cost reimbursement (TDF-behavioural regulation)'. There was substantial heterogeneity between the countries. In most domains, the lower (higher) proportion of Thai respondents experienced the barriers (enablers) compared with that of Indonesian and Vietnamese respondents. A range of suggested intervention types and policy options was identified. CONCLUSIONS: Barriers and enablers to BC sampling are varied and heterogenous. Cost-related barriers are more common in more resource-limited countries, while many barriers are not directly related to cost. Context-specific multifaceted interventions at both hospital and policy levels are required to improve diagnostic stewardship practices.


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Hemocultura , Sepse , Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Indonésia , Tailândia , Vietnã , Pesquisa Qualitativa
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 15(6): e0009060, 2021 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34170931

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BACKGROUND: Melioidosis, an often-fatal infectious disease caused by the environmental Gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic in tropical countries. Diabetes mellitus and environmental exposure are important risk factors for melioidosis acquisition. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis in diabetics in northeast Thailand. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: From April 2014 to December 2018, we conducted a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled behaviour change trial in 116 primary care units (PCUs) in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeast Thailand. The intervention was a behavioural support group session to help diabetic patients adopt recommended behaviours, including wearing rubber boots and drinking boiled water. We randomly allocated the PCUs to receive the intervention starting in March 2016, 2017 and 2018. All diabetic patients were contacted by phone yearly, and the final follow-up was December 2018. Two primary outcomes were hospital admissions involving infectious diseases and culture-confirmed melioidosis. Of 9,056 diabetics enrolled, 6,544 (72%) received a behavioural support group session. During 38,457 person-years of follow-up, we observed 2,195 (24%) patients having 3,335 hospital admissions involved infectious diseases, 80 (0.8%) melioidosis, and 485 (5%) deaths. In the intention-to-treat analysis, implementation of the intervention was not associated with primary outcomes. In the per-protocol analysis, patients who received a behavioural support group session had lower incidence rates of hospital admissions involving infectious diseases (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.89; 95%CI 0.80-0.99, p = 0.03) and of all-cause mortality (IRR 0.54; 95%CI 0.43-0.68, p<0.001). However, the incidence rate of culture-confirmed melioidosis was not significantly lower (IRR 0.96, 95%CI 0.46-1.99, p = 0.66). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Clear benefits of this multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis were not observed. More compelling invitations for the intervention, modification of or addition to the behaviour change techniques used, and more frequent intervention may be needed. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02089152.


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Complicações do Diabetes/prevenção & controle , Melioidose/prevenção & controle , Grupos de Autoajuda , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Complicações do Diabetes/epidemiologia , Feminino , Hospitalização , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Melioidose/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Fatores de Risco , Tailândia/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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J Clin Med ; 8(11)2019 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31703403

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The quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score has had limited validation in lower resource settings and was developed using data from high-income countries. We sought to evaluate the predictive validity of the qSOFA score for sepsis within a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) population with culture-proven staphylococcal infection. This was a secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort in Thailand with culture-positive infection due to Staphylococcus aureus or S. argenteus within 24 h of admission and positive (≥2/4) systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria. Primary exposure was maximum qSOFA score within 48 h of culture collection and primary outcome was mortality at 28 days. Baseline risk of mortality was determined using a multivariable logistic regression model with age, gender, and co-morbidities significantly associated with the outcome. Predictive validity was assessed by discrimination of mortality using area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve compared to a model using baseline risk factors alone. Of 253 patients (mean age 54 years (SD 16)) included in the analysis, 23 (9.1%) died by 28 days after enrollment. Of those who died, 0 (0%) had a qSOFA score of 0, 8 (35%) had a score of 1, and 15 (65%) had a score ≥2. The AUROC of qSOFA plus baseline risk was significantly greater than for the baseline risk model alone (AUROCqSOFA = 0.80 (95% CI, 0.70-0.89), AUROCbaseline = 0.62 (95% CI, 0.49-0.75); p < 0.001). Among adults admitted to four Thai hospitals with community-onset coagulase-positive staphylococcal infection and SIRS, the qSOFA score had good predictive validity for sepsis.

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PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 12(9): e0006765, 2018 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30188902

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BACKGROUND: Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacillus found in soil and water. Diabetes mellitus is the most important risk factor for melioidosis. The recommendations for disease prevention include avoiding direct contact with soil and water, and drinking only boiled or bottled water. METHODS: A prospective intervention study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and behavioural outcomes of a multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis. Participants were diabetic adults in Ubon Ratchathani, northeast Thailand. Ten behavioural support groups consisting of 6 to 10 participants per group were conducted. Twelve behaviour change techniques were used: information about health consequences, credible source, adding objects to the environment, reconstructing the physical environment, instruction on how to perform a behaviour, demonstration of the behaviour, commitment, prompts/cues, self-monitoring of behaviour, goal setting, feedback on behaviour, and social support, and their feasibilities evaluated. RESULTS: There were 70 participants, of median age 59 years and 52 (74%) were female. Participants found the intervention beneficial, interesting and engaging. Participants indicated that they liked to watch videos with information about melioidosis delivered by local doctors and patients who survived melioidosis, and videos showing use of over-the-knee boots by local farmers. Participants felt engaged in the sessions that trialed protective gear and that made calendars with individual photographs and self-pledges as a reminder tool. The proportions of participants reporting that they always wore boots while working in rice fields increased from 30% (10/33) to 77% (28/37, p = 0.04), and that they drank only boiled or bottle water increased from 43% (30/70) to 86% (59/69, p<0.001) at 6 months post intervention. CONCLUSION: The programme is highly acceptable to participants, and can support behaviour change. Policy makers should consider implementing the programme in areas where melioidosis is endemic. Making calendars with individual photographs and self-pledges as a reminder tool could be powerful in behaviour change interventions, and further research on this component is needed.


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Terapia Comportamental/métodos , Complicações do Diabetes , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Melioidose/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Tailândia , Resultado do Tratamento
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 96(5): 1042-1049, 2017 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28167592

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AbstractStaphylococcus aureus infection is a persistent threat in resource-restricted settings in southeast Asia but informative data about this disease remain limited. We analyzed characteristics, management, and predictors of outcome in severely septic patients with community-onset S. aureus infection in northeast Thailand. We performed a prospective, multicenter observational cohort study of community-onset S. aureus sepsis in four referral hospitals recruiting patients at least 14 years of age admitted between March 2010 and December 2013. One hundred and nineteen patients with severe staphylococcal sepsis were enrolled. Diabetes was the most common underlying condition. Methicillin-resistant infection was rare. Twenty-eight-day mortality was 20%. Ninety-two percent of patients received appropriate antibiotic therapy and 82% were administered intravenous fluids on the first hospital day, although only 14% were managed in an intensive care unit (ICU). On univariable analysis, clinical variables at enrollment significantly associated with death at 28 days were coagulopathy or respiratory failure. Plasma interleukin (IL)-8 concentration alone accurately predicted mortality (area under the receiver operating curve = 0.82, 95% confidence interval = 0.73-0.90). In multivariable analysis, addition of IL-8 concentration to a mortality prediction model containing clinical variables further improved the predictive ability of the model. We conclude that severe staphylococcal sepsis in northeast Thailand causes significant mortality. Diabetes is a common preexisting condition and most patients are managed outside the ICU even if they receive vasoactive/inotropic agents or mechanical ventilation. While clinical factors apparent on presentation including coagulopathy and respiratory failure predict death, plasma IL-8 improves this prediction.


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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Hidratação/métodos , Sepse/terapia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/terapia , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificação , Idoso , Biomarcadores/sangue , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas , Diabetes Mellitus/diagnóstico , Diabetes Mellitus/fisiopatologia , Gerenciamento Clínico , Coagulação Intravascular Disseminada/mortalidade , Feminino , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva/estatística & dados numéricos , Interleucina-8/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Insuficiência Respiratória/mortalidade , Sepse/diagnóstico , Sepse/microbiologia , Sepse/mortalidade , Infecções Estafilocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/mortalidade , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Staphylococcus aureus/patogenicidade , Análise de Sobrevida , Centros de Atenção Terciária , Tailândia
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 10(7): e0004823, 2016 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27472421

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BACKGROUND: Melioidosis, an often fatal infectious disease in Northeast Thailand, is caused by skin inoculation, inhalation or ingestion of the environmental bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. The major underlying risk factor for melioidosis is diabetes mellitus. Recommendations for melioidosis prevention include using protective gear such as rubber boots and gloves when in direct contact with soil and environmental water, and consuming bottled or boiled water. Only a small proportion of people follow such recommendations. METHODS: Nine focus group discussions were conducted to evaluate barriers to adopting recommended preventive behaviours. A total of 76 diabetic patients from northeast Thailand participated in focus group sessions. Barriers to adopting the recommended preventive behaviours and future intervention strategies were identified using two frameworks: the Theoretical Domains Framework and the Behaviour Change Wheel. RESULTS: Barriers were identified in the following five domains: (i) knowledge, (ii) beliefs about consequences, (iii) intention and goals, (iv) environmental context and resources, and (v) social influence. Of 76 participants, 72 (95%) had never heard of melioidosis. Most participants saw no harm in not adopting recommended preventive behaviours, and perceived rubber boots and gloves to be hot and uncomfortable while working in muddy rice fields. Participants reported that they normally followed the behaviour of friends, family and their community, the majority of whom did not wear boots while working in rice fields and did not boil water before drinking. Eight intervention functions were identified as relevant for the intervention: (i) education, (ii) persuasion, (iii) incentivisation, (iv) coercion, (v) modeling, (vi) environmental restructuring, (vii) training, and (viii) enablement. Participants noted that input from role models in the form of physicians, diabetic clinics, friends and families, and from the government via mass media would be required for them to change their behaviours. CONCLUSION: There are numerous barriers to the adoption of behaviours recommended for melioidosis prevention. We recommend that a multifaceted intervention at community and government level is required to achieve the desired behaviour changes.


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Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolamento & purificação , Melioidose/psicologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Burkholderia pseudomallei/genética , Burkholderia pseudomallei/fisiologia , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Humanos , Masculino , Melioidose/epidemiologia , Melioidose/microbiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tailândia/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 89(5): 983-985, 2013 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24062474

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The clinical and radiological features of pulmonary melioidosis can mimic tuberculosis. We prospectively evaluated 118 patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis who were acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear negative at Udon Thani Hospital, northeast Thailand. Culture of residual sputum from AFB testing was positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei in three patients (2.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5-7.3%). We propose that in melioidosis-endemic areas, residual sputum from AFB testing should be routinely cultured for B. pseudomallei.


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Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolamento & purificação , Melioidose/diagnóstico , Escarro/microbiologia , Idoso , Técnicas Bacteriológicas , Meios de Cultura , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Melioidose/epidemiologia , Melioidose/microbiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Prevalência , Estudos Prospectivos , Tailândia/epidemiologia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/epidemiologia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/microbiologia
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