What do systematic reviews say?

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

Tuberculosis outreach screening showed no clear difference in tuberculosis cases detected (microbiologically confirmed) compared with no intervention (low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.24 [0.86, 1.79]
  4 studies · 163043 participants
  Low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs a health promotion scheme

It is very uncertain whether outreach tuberculosis screening changes tuberculosis cases detected (microbiologically confirmed) compared with health promotion (very low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.71 [1.27, 2.31]
  1 study · 110162 participants
  Very low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs a health promotion scheme

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs a health promotion scheme

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs a health promotion scheme

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

Tuberculosis outreach screening may leads to lower default within first 2 months compared with no intervention (low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.67 [0.47, 0.96]
  849 participants
  Low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

Tuberculosis outreach screening showed no clear difference in treatment success compared with no intervention (low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.07 [1, 1.15]
  849 participants
  Low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

It is very uncertain whether tuberculosis outreach screening changes treatment failure compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.57 [0.5, 4.92]
  849 participants
  Very low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

Tuberculosis outreach screening showed no clear difference in tuberculosis mortality compared with no intervention (low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.99 [0.43, 2.25]
  849 participants
  Low

Tuberculosis outreach screening vs no intervention

It is very uncertain whether tuberculosis outreach screening changes long‐term tuberculosis prevalence compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

• Interventions to increase tuberculosis case detection at primary healthcare or community‐level services 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.14 [0.65, 2]
  556836 participants
  Very low