RESEARCH ARTICLE
Investigation of Contacts for Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: Application Software Development
Jyselda de Jesus Lemos Duarte1, Herica Emilia Félix de Carvalho2, *, Viriato Campelo3, Lucíola Galvão Gondim Corrêa Feitosa1, Luana Kelle Batista Moura1, Zulmira Hartz4, Ivonizete Pires Ribeiro1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 15
Issue: Suppl-1, M12
First Page: 380
Last Page: 387
Publisher ID: TONURSJ-15-380
DOI: 10.2174/1874434602115010380
Article History:
Received Date: 4/8/2020Revision Received Date: 15/12/2020
Acceptance Date: 23/12/2020
Electronic publication date: 15/12/2021
Collection year: 2021
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
Tuberculosis is a pathology that continues to be worthy of special attention from health professionals and society due to its high prevalence, proving to be a crucial public health problem.
Objectives:
To describe the development of an application for family health strategy professionals’ investigation of tuberculosis contacts for Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.
Methods:
This study is applied research on an application software developed according to three of the five phases described by Falkembach for developing digital educational materials, which include analysis and planning, modeling, and implementation.
Results:
The application is dynamic; that is, it guides health professionals through sequenced screens according to professionals’ self-informed answers. This functionality helps them deciding whether to proceed to the treatment of the patient with Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection or returning to the initial stage of a tuberculosis contact.
The screens of the application follow the flowchart presented in the Ministry of Health’s Manual of recommendations for tuberculosis control in Brazil of 2018.
Conclusion:
The application developed to guide Family Health Strategy professionals regarding Latent Infection by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis can prevent human errors and increase the care quality when assessing tuberculosis contacts.
