Table 2 The first draft of SMSTP
From: Development and validation of self-management scale for tuberculosis patients
Dimensions | Item contents (brief description in English) | Never | Only rarely | Sometimes | Quite often | Always |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adherence to treatment behavior | Item1:Medication-taking record card filled | |||||
Item2: Taking medications following prescription | ||||||
Item3:Taking medications when going out | ||||||
Item4: Keeping drugs correctly | ||||||
Item5:Addressing adverse effects of medications correctly | ||||||
Item6: Taking medications consistently | ||||||
Item7: Regular following-up sputum microscopy | ||||||
Supportive behavior | Item8:Abstaining from smoking | |||||
Item9:Abstaining from alcohol drinking | ||||||
Item10:Keeping adequate sleep | ||||||
Item11: Avoiding overexertion | ||||||
Item12:Keeping proper exercise | ||||||
Item13: Keeping adequate nutrition | ||||||
Transmission prevention behavior | Item14:Not spitting indiscriminately | |||||
Item15: Reducing frequency of presence in public | ||||||
Item16: Wearing respirator in public during in infective phrase of disease | ||||||
Item17:Disposing sputum with safe method | ||||||
Item18:Covering face when sneezing/cough/speaking loudly | ||||||
Item19: Informing contact of TB status | ||||||
Item20: Ventilating their room |