The Development of a Tuberculosis Clinic Patient Care Operation Model in Nabon Hospital Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

Background: Currently, the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is increasing in Thailand and around the world. Successfully preventing and controlling the spread of tuberculosis must start with treating tuberculosis patients completely by taking TB drugs continuously and without drug resistance. Therefore, the operation model of tuberculosis clinic patient care was developed to be able to prevent and control the disease according to the set goals.

Objective: The aim of this study was to developa Patient Care Operation Model in Tuberculosis Clinic in Nabon Hospital Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.

Material and Methods: This is action research, implemented based on the concept of Kemmis&Mc Taggart. Between 1 June 2021-30September 2022.

Result: The operating model of the 3I tuberculosis clinical care model was 1) intensive care quality development for tuberculosis patients 2) integrated management and prevention of tuberculosis 3) Developing a surveillance system for prevention and control of tuberculosis (Improvement surveillance) knowledge about pulmonary tuberculosis after the operation was better than before and before the operation with a statistical significance of 0.05, success in treating tuberculosis patients was 94.28% higher than the target ( 90 percent) and higher than the median for the past 5 years (84.61 percent).

Conclusion: The development of a pulmonary tuberculosis clinic operation model resulted in more than 90% success in treating tuberculosis patients.

 Keywords: Model Development, TB Patient Care, TB (Tuberculosis)