Qualitative assessment of South African healthcare worker perspectives on an instrument-free rapid CD4 test.
Fiona ScorgieYasmin MohamedDavid AndersonSuzanne M CroweStanley LuchtersMatthew Francis ChersichPublished in: BMC health services research (2019)
Overall, the VISITECT® CD4 test was acceptable to healthcare workers and those interviewed were supportive of scale-up and implementation in other antenatal care settings. Both health workers and patients will need to be oriented to the semi-quantitative nature of the test and how to interpret the results of tests.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- palliative care
- patient reported outcomes
- peritoneal dialysis
- systematic review
- prognostic factors
- health information
- mental health
- preterm birth
- nk cells
- pain management
- mass spectrometry
- health insurance
- climate change
- clinical evaluation