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

Table 5 Ordinal logistic regression analysis and predictors of medication adherence

Variables	OR	95% CI	P
Education (Ref: College degree or above)
Junior high school or below	1.13	0.73–1.75	0.571
Technical secondary school or high school	1.69	1.04–2.74	0.033
Time to arrive at the medical facility (Ref:> 60 mins)
< 31	1.19	0.74–1.89	0.477
31–60	1.17	0.77–1.77	0.474
Adverse drug reactions (Ref: Yes)
No	1.45	1.00–2.11	0.048
Family supervision for medication (Ref: Often)
Never	2.73	1.17–6.37	0.020
Sometimes	0.34	0.16–0.70	0.004
Family spirit encouragement (Ref: Often)
Never	0.13	0.02–0.72	0.019
Sometimes	0.73	0.27–1.99	0.542
Family relationship (Ref: Good)
Poor	3.05	0.26–35.90	0.375
General	0.95	0.34–2.63	0.919
Relationships with doctors (Ref: Good)
Poor	0.75	0.43–1.28	0.289
General	0.61	0.40–0.93	0.021
Acquired knowledge of TB (Ref: Good)
Poor	0.78	0.34–1.80	0.555
General	0.49	0.33–0.72	< 0.001
Participation in group activities (Ref: Often)
Never	1.23	0.64–2.38	0.533
Sometimes	0.84	0.43–1.63	0.605
Medical security policy satisfaction (Ref: Satisfaction)
Not too satisfaction	0.95	0.50–1.78	0.867
General satisfaction	0.86	0.58–1.26	0.426
Increase support for TB treatment policies (Ref: Need)
Not too need	0.85	0.31–2.32	0.751
General need	0.38	0.22–0.66	0.001

Ref Reference
Variables with a P-value less than 0.05 in the univariate analysis were included in the ordinal logistic regression analysis. These variables were education, time to arrive at the medical facility, adverse drug reactions, family supervision for medication, family spirit encouragement, family relationship, relationships with doctors, acquired knowledge of TB, participation in group activities, medical security policy satisfaction and increase support for TB treatment policies.

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