A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting

Peter MacPherson; David Lalloo; Deus Thindwa; Emily L. Webb; Bertie Squire; Geoffrey A. Chipungu; Nicola Desmond; Simon D. Makombe; Miriam Taegtmeyer; Augustine Choko; Elizabeth L. Corbett

doi:10.1097/qai.0b013e3182a20e74

A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting

Peter MacPherson, David Lalloo, Deus Thindwa, Emily L. Webb, Bertie Squire, Geoffrey A. Chipungu, Nicola Desmond, Simon D. Makombe, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Augustine Choko, Elizabeth L. Corbett

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The accuracy of a novel community health worker (CHW) ART eligibility assessment tool was examined in community members in Blantyre, Malawi. Nurses independently performed WHO staging and CD4 counts. 110 (55.6%) of 198 HIV-positive participants had a CD4 count of <350 cells/mm. The CHW tool significantly outperformed WHO clinical staging in identifying CD4<350 cells/mm in terms of sensitivity (41% vs. 19%), positive predictive value (75% vs. 68%), negative predictive values (53% vs. 47%) and area under the receiver-operator curve (0.62 vs. 0.54, p=0.017). Reliance on WHO staging is likely to result in missed and delayed ART initiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e74-e78
Journal	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0b013e3182a20e74
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2014

Keywords

Africa
Antiretroviral therapy
ART eligibility
CD4 lymphocyte count
HIV
WHO clinical staging system

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MacPherson, P., Lalloo, D., Thindwa, D., Webb, E. L., Squire, B., Chipungu, G. A., Desmond, N., Makombe, S. D., Taegtmeyer, M., Choko, A., & Corbett, E. L. (2014). A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 65(2), e74-e78. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0b013e3182a20e74

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A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting. / MacPherson, Peter; Lalloo, David; Thindwa, Deus et al.
In: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Vol. 65, No. 2, 01.02.2014, p. e74-e78.

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