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Table 1 Medication adherence by sociodemographic factors and adverse drug reactions

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

Sex

 Male

298 (62.0)

78 (26.2)

84 (28.2)

136 (45.6)

0.869

 Female

183 (38.0)

51 (27.9)

48 (26.2)

84 (45.9)

 

Age (years)

 < 30

128 (26.6)

36 (28.1)

37 (28.9)

55 (43.0)

0.942

 30–60

244 (50.7)

65 (26.6)

67 (27.5)

112 (45.9)

 

 > 60

109 (22.7)

28 (25.7)

28 (25.7)

53 (48.6)

 

Marital status

 Unmarried

119 (24.7)

35 (29.4)

42 (35.3)

42 (35.3)

0.096

 Married

344 (71.5)

90 (26.2)

85 (24.7)

169 (49.1)

 

 Divorced or widowed

18 (3.7)

4 (22.2)

5 (27.8)

9 (50.0)

 

Education

 Junior high school or below

197 (41.0)

52 (26.4)

54 (27.4)

91 (46.2)

0.025

 High school or technical secondary school

117 (24.3)

29 (24.8)

22 (18.8)

66 (56.4)

 

 College degree or above

167 (34.7)

48 (28.7)

56 (33.5)

63 (37.7)

 

Monthly income (Yuan)

 < 1000

133 (27.7)

31 (23.3)

42 (31.6)

60 (45.1)

0.210

 1000–3000

115 (23.9)

34 (29.6)

33 (28.7)

48 (41.7)

 

 3001–5000

149 (31.0)

40 (26.8)

30 (20.1)

79 (53.0)

 

 > 5000

84 (17.5)

24 (28.6)

27 (32.1)

33 (39.3)

 

Time to arrive at the medical facility (min)

 < 31

136 (28.3)

36 (26.5)

26 (19.1)

74 (54.4)

0.033

 31–60

191 (39.7)

45 (23.6)

62 (32.5)

84 (44.0)

 

 > 60

154 (32.0)

48 (31.2)

44 (28.6)

62 (40.3)

 

Adverse drug reactions

 Yes

184 (38.3)

64 (34.8)

49 (26.6)

71 (38.6)

0.005

 No

297 (61.7)

65 (21.9)

83 (27.9)

149 (50.2)

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