Coordination and list of services for the management of tuberculosis: perspective of health professionals

Abstract

This study sought to analyze the coordination and services for the management of care for people with tuberculosis (TB) in Primary Health Care (PHC) in the city of Porto Velho-RO, from the perspective of health professionals. This is a descriptive, survey-type study, carried out cross-sectionally from a quantitative approach, with nurses, physicians, nursing technicians/assistants and community health workers, through interviews using the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool) questionnaire), after meeting the ethical precepts, analyzing only the list of services and coordination dimensions, based on descriptive analysis. A total of 266 health professionals were interviewed, and based on the answers, an overall average regular score was obtained for the list of services (3.38), despite the provision of social incentives, directly observed treatment and groups of individuals with TB has been unsatisfactory. The coordination dimension was satisfactory (4.54), but it was identified that counter-referral was regular from the perspective of professionals. The understanding of the operational problems faced during the management of TB in the PHC of the city allows reorienting practices and offering actions and subsidies for the construction of a new paradigm of care for these individuals.

Keywords:
Tuberculosis; Primary Health Care; Health Services Research; Intersectoral Collaboration; Integrality in Health.