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Table 4 Medication adherence by national policy 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

National TB treatment policy

 Know

141 (29.3)

35 (24.8)

31 (22.0)

75 (53.2)

0.168

 General

143 (29.7)

39 (27.3)

38 (26.6)

66 (46.2)

 

 Unknow

197 (41.0)

55 (27.9)

63 (32.0)

79 (40.1)

 

Medical security policy satisfaction

 Satisfaction

244 (50.7)

66 (27.0)

52 (21.3)

126 (51.6)

0.004

 General satisfaction

189 (39.3)

54 (28.6)

58 (30.7)

77 (40.7)

 

 Not too satisfaction

48 (10.0)

9 (18.8)

22 (45.8)

17 (35.4)

 

Increase support for TB treatment policies

 Need

408 (84.8)

98 (24.0)

113 (27.7)

197 (48.3)

0.004

 General need

57 (11.9)

27 (47.4)

15 (26.3)

15 (26.3)

 

 Not too need

16 (3.3)

4 (25.0)

4 (25.0)

8 (50.0)

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