Educational intervention for collecting sputum for tuberculosis: a quasi-experimental study

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the quality of the sputum sample before and after the Nursing guidance to patients. Methods: this is a quasi-experimental research design, single group type, before and after, non-randomized study. The study enrolled patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis,...

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Main Authors: Amélia Nunes Sicsú, Julia Ignez Salem, Luciana Botinelly Mendonça Fujimoto, Roxana Isabel Cardozo Gonzales, Maria do Socorro de Lucena Cardoso, Pedro Fredemir Palha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100333&lng=en&tlng=en