Bbuye, Mudarshiru
Muyanja, Stella Zawedde
Sekitoleko, Isaac
Padalkar, Roma
Robertson, Nicole
Helwig, Madeline
Hopkinson, Dennis
Siddharthan, Trishul
Jackson, Peter
Article History
Received: 6 April 2023
Accepted: 21 December 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: We confirm that all methods used by this study were carried out in accordance with the Helsinki declaration and other relevant guidelines and regulations needed by studies involving human participants. This study was approved by the Makerere University School of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee of the College of Health Sciences (Ref#: MakSOMREC 2021-54) and by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology. Before each interview, for the quantitative phone interviews, participants provided verbal informed consent before the interview process. For the qualitative interviews, participants provided written informed consent including consent to audio record the interviews. To protect the confidentiality of the participants’ information; no identifying information was included on the questionnaires and in-depth interview transcripts. The data, audios and transcripts were kept in a password protected computer with access limited to the researchers.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.
: Our research question and outcomes were developed through discussion with clinicians in the participating TB clinics and community health workers. Patients experience of the lockdown and barriers to TB care associated with this and other COVID19 mitigation measures was central to our research question and study plan. Patients were not involved in the design or recruitment of patients into this study, however, community healthcare workers did participate in our research plan and recruitment of subjects who underwent in depth interviews.