Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in Five High Burden Countries.
Talemwa Nalugwa, Kinari M Shah, Danaida Marcelo, Robinah Nakawunde, Trang Trinh, Jerusha Emmanuel, Annet Nakaweesa, Ann Schraufnagel, et al. (21 authors)
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 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.