Table 3 Medication adherence by society support factors
Variables | Total n (%) | Adherence Level n (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Medium | High | |||
The number of close friends | |||||
 0 | 51 (10.6) | 17 (33.3) | 12 (23.5) | 22 (43.1) | 0.729 |
 1–2 | 223 (46.4) | 62 (27.8) | 61 (27.4) | 100 (44.8) |  |
 ≥ 3 | 207 (43.0) | 50 (24.2) | 59 (28.5) | 98 (47.3) |  |
Relationships with neighbours | |||||
 Poor | 143 (29.7) | 36 (25.2) | 45 (31.5) | 62 (43.4) | 0.394 |
 General | 220 (45.7) | 66 (30.0) | 57 (25.9) | 97 (44.1) |  |
 Good | 118 (24.5) | 27 (22.9) | 30 (25.4) | 61 (51.7) |  |
Relationships with colleagues | |||||
 Poor | 130 (27.0) | 32 (24.6) | 31 (23.8) | 67 (51.5) | 0.566 |
 General | 225 (46.8) | 64 (28.4) | 66 (29.3) | 95 (42.2) |  |
 Good | 126 (26.2) | 33 (26.2) | 35 (27.8) | 58 (46.0) |  |
Relationships with doctors | |||||
 Poor | 93 (19.3) | 30 (32.3) | 29 (31.2) | 34 (36.6) | 0.001 |
 General | 223 (46.4) | 66 (29.6) | 69 (30.9) | 88 (39.5) |  |
 Good | 165 (34.3) | 33 (20.0) | 34 (20.6) | 98 (59.4) |  |
Acquired knowledge of TB | |||||
 Poor | 24 (5.0) | 7 (29.2) | 7 (29.2) | 10 (41.7) | 0.016 |
 General | 149 (31.0) | 55 (36.9) | 37 (24.8) | 57 (38.3) |  |
 Good | 308 (64.0) | 67 (21.8) | 88 (28.6) | 153 (49.7) |  |
Participation in group activities | |||||
 Often | 41 (8.5) | 11 (26.8) | 14 (34.1) | 16 (39.0) | 0.008 |
 Sometimes | 168 (34.9) | 55 (32.7) | 53 (31.5) | 60 (35.7) |  |
 Never | 272 (56.5) | 63 (23.2) | 65 (23.9) | 144 (52.9) |  |