Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests Among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in 5 High Burden Countries
Talemwa Nalugwa, Kinari Shah, Danaida Marcelo, Robinah Nakawunde, Trang Trinh, Jerusha Emmanuel, Annet Nakaweesa, Ann Schraufnagel, et al. (21 authors)
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2026-01
Abstract
Point-of-care (POC) tests are needed to improve tuberculosis (TB) detection, but how TB-affected persons value POC tests is unknown. Simulations using discrete choice experiment-based data from 1,149 TB-affected participants across five countries demonstrated that POC TB tests were highly preferred, even with modestly lower accuracy compared to standard facility-based testing.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Environmental health
- Developing country
- MEDLINE
- Value (mathematics)
- Tuberculosis diagnosis
- Developed country
- Demography
- Test (biology)
- Predictive value