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Table 2 Medication adherence by family support factors

From: The effects of family, society and national policy support on treatment adherence among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total n (%)

Adherence Level n (%)

P

Low

Medium

High

Family supervision for medication

 Often

411 (85.4)

105 (25.5)

110 (26.8)

196 (47.7)

0.002

 Sometimes

37 (7.7)

18 (48.6)

13 (35.1)

6 (16.2)

 

 Never

33 (6.9)

6 (18.2)

9 (27.3)

18 (54.5)

 

Family spirit encouragement

 Often

451 (93.8)

116 (25.7)

123 (27.3)

212 (47.0)

0.012a

 Sometimes

20 (4.2)

10 (50.0)

3 (15.0)

7 (35.0)

 

 Never

10 (2.1)

3 (30.0)

6 (60.0)

1 (10.0)

 

Family relationship

 Good

460 (95.6)

121 (26.3)

124 (27.0)

215 (46.7)

0.012a

 General

17 (3.5)

8 (47.1)

4 (23.5)

5 (29.4)

 

 Poor

4 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Family members help solve problems

 Often

439 (91.3)

112 (25.5)

122 (27.8)

205 (46.7)

0.134

 Sometimes

24 (5.0)

12 (50.0)

5 (20.8)

7 (29.2)

 

 Never

18 (3.7)

5 (27.8)

5 (27.8)

8 (44.4)

 
  1. aMeans that the theoretical number is too small, and the Fisher’s exact test was used