Predicted Preferences for Tuberculosis Point-of-Care Tests among Tuberculosis-Affected Individuals in Five High Burden Countries.

Nalugwa, Talemwa; Shah, Kinari M; Marcelo, Danaida; Nakawunde, Robinah; Trinh, Trang; Emmanuel, Jerusha; Nakaweesa, Annet; Schraufnagel, Ann et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2026

cross_sectional · Level IV

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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.