Tuberculosis Register Audit

Abstract
Background: Good documentation and completeness in medical record is an important aspect in
realizing patient safety and implementation of healthcare services. In order to ensure that
Tuberculosis data generated in health facilities are of high quality, there is a need for routine
monitoring and periodic audit. However, there is dearth of research work that audited the quality of
Tuberculosis data generated in health facilities in South South, Nigeria. Therefore this study is
aimed at carrying out audit and comparing Tuberculosis data generated in two health facilities in
Bayelsa State, South South, Nigeria.
Methods: This was a health institutions-based retrospective study on the audit of Tuberculosis
patients data generated in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital and the Tuberculosis and
Leprosy Referral Hospital between January, 2016-December, 2019.
The information for the study was collected from the Tuberculosis suspects and laboratory registers.
Data were analyzed with Statistical Programme for Social Sciences version 20 (SPSS) software.
The level of significance was set at P<0.05.
Results: A total of 1369 patients,601 patients from the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital
and 768 patients from the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Referral Hospital had their data audited. The
Tuberculosis data was more complete in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital than the
Tuberculosis and Leprosy Referral Hospital notably for gender (98.5 % vs 94.4%; p<0.001, age
(98.5% vs 97.3%;p<0.12) and HIV status(98.6% vs 96.5% ; p<0.71) but the Tuberculosis and
Leprosy Referral Hospital had more complete Gene Xpert data (98.3% vs 94.3%;p< 0.001).