Data from: Diagnostic Yield (pulmonary tuberculosis) in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea Border Region [Chapter 3 PhD Thesis]

Background [Extract from related publication]: Smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) requires rapid diagnosis and treatment to prevent ongoing transmission. Collection of two sputum specimens is considered the minimum requirement for the diagnosis of PTB but current guidelines in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia, recommend three sputum specimens; this frequently delays treatment initiation.


Methods [Extract from related publication]:  A retrospective study was performed to ascertain the diagnostic yield of sputum specimens collected in the Torres Strait Islands. The study assessed demographics and characteristics of all PTB cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2018, and assessed the diagnostic yield in 143 patients from whom at least three sputum specimens had been collected prior to treatment commencement. Incremental and cumulative yield was calculated for each sputum specimen. Data were further analysed using binary logistic regression to examine the association between selected characteristics and a smear-positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) result. Patients were included if at least three specimens were collected within 2 weeks of each other, prior to commencement of effective TB treatment; and at least one specimen was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis on culture or nucleic acid testing.

This record consists of:

  • 1 SPSS (.sav) file which includes the variables for descriptive statistics
  • 1 SPSS (.sav) file containing laboratory-based data, including three sputum specimens per patient plus diagnostic yield (nucleic acid amplification test / acid-fast bacilli)

Data files are also saved in csv. format

Software/equipment used to create/collect the data: SPSS

The full metholodgy is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

Once access to the data has been obtained via negotiation with the Data Manager, use of the dataset is governed by the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

Note: The Data Manager may release age-related data in 5-year intervals to researchers, contingent upon consultation to establish research specifications and obtaining ethics approval.

    Data Record Details
    Data record related to this publication Chapter 3 - Diagnostic Yield (pulmonary tuberculosis) in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea Border Region
    Data Publication title Data from: Diagnostic Yield (pulmonary tuberculosis) in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea Border Region [Chapter 3 PhD Thesis]
  • Description

    Background [Extract from related publication]: Smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) requires rapid diagnosis and treatment to prevent ongoing transmission. Collection of two sputum specimens is considered the minimum requirement for the diagnosis of PTB but current guidelines in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia, recommend three sputum specimens; this frequently delays treatment initiation.


    Methods [Extract from related publication]:  A retrospective study was performed to ascertain the diagnostic yield of sputum specimens collected in the Torres Strait Islands. The study assessed demographics and characteristics of all PTB cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2018, and assessed the diagnostic yield in 143 patients from whom at least three sputum specimens had been collected prior to treatment commencement. Incremental and cumulative yield was calculated for each sputum specimen. Data were further analysed using binary logistic regression to examine the association between selected characteristics and a smear-positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) result. Patients were included if at least three specimens were collected within 2 weeks of each other, prior to commencement of effective TB treatment; and at least one specimen was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis on culture or nucleic acid testing.

    This record consists of:

    • 1 SPSS (.sav) file which includes the variables for descriptive statistics
    • 1 SPSS (.sav) file containing laboratory-based data, including three sputum specimens per patient plus diagnostic yield (nucleic acid amplification test / acid-fast bacilli)

    Data files are also saved in csv. format

    Software/equipment used to create/collect the data: SPSS

    The full metholodgy is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

    Once access to the data has been obtained via negotiation with the Data Manager, use of the dataset is governed by the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

    Note: The Data Manager may release age-related data in 5-year intervals to researchers, contingent upon consultation to establish research specifications and obtaining ethics approval.

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    • Descriptor type Note
  • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • diagnostic yield
    • pulmonary tuberculosis
    • Torres Strait
    • Cross Border health
    • tuberculosis
  • Funding source
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  • Research themes
    Tropical Health, Medicine and Biosecurity
    FoR Codes (*)
    • 420204 - Epidemiological methods
    • 420205 - Epidemiological modelling
    • 420299 - Epidemiology not elsewhere classified
    • 420321 - Rural and remote health services
    • 420311 - Health systems
    • 420319 - Primary health care
    SEO Codes
    • 200404 - Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
    • 200499 - Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified
    • 200503 - Health related to specific ethnic groups
    • 200506 - Neonatal and child health
    • 200508 - Rural and remote area health
    • 210301 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
    • 210302 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes
    • 210303 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health system performance
    • 211101 - Pacific Peoples determinants of health
    • 211102 - Pacific Peoples health status and outcomes
    Specify spatial or temporal setting of the data
    Temporal (time) coverage
  • Start Date 2000/01/01
  • End Date 2018/12/31
  • Time Period
    Spatial (location) coverage
  • Locations
    • Torres Strait Islands
    Data Locations

    Type Location Notes
    The Data Manager is: Emma McBryde
    College or Centre College of Medicine & Dentistry
    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
  • Alternative access conditions Ethics approval from the Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee is required prior to requesting access to this research data.
  • Data record size 2 files: 90.9KB
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    Citation Foster, J'Belle (2023): Data from: Diagnostic Yield (pulmonary tuberculosis) in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea Border Region [Chapter 3 PhD Thesis]. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/d2nv-7496