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Table 1 Participant characteristics and their associations with missing doses of anti-TB medication within two weeks

From: Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among internal migrants with pulmonary tuberculosis in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study

  

Missed doses in two weeks (%)

 

Variables

n (%)

0

1

2+

P

Total

794

67.25

11.71

21.03

 

Age

    

0.47

<25

202 (25.44)

65.35

10.40

24.26

 

25~

318 (40.05)

65.09

14.78

20.13

 

35~

164 (20.65)

73.17

8.54

18.29

 

45~

67 (8.44)

71.64

5.97

22.39

 

55~

43 (5.42)

62.79

16.28

20.93

 

Gender

    

0.97

Female

284 (35.77)

66.90

12.68

20.42

 

Male

510 (64.23)

67.45

11.18

21.37

 

Educational level

    

0.02

Primary school or less

69 (8.69)

72.46

11.59

15.94

 

Junior high school

378 (47.61)

71.16

10.85

17.99

 

Senior high school

232 (29.22)

59.91

12.07

28.02

 

Junior college or above

115 (14.48)

66.09

13.91

20.00

 

Marital status

    

0.04

Married/cohabitation

483 (60.83)

69.57

12.42

18.01

 

Single/widow/divorced

311 (39.17)

63.67

10.61

25.72

 

Employment status

    

0.02

Employed

580 (73.05)

65.00

12.24

22.76

 

Unemployed

214 (26.95)

73.36

10.28

16.36

 

Social support

    

0.06

Good

135 (17.00)

68.89

11.85

19.26

 

Fair

530 (66.75)

65.09

11.32

23.58

 

Poor

129 (16.25)

74.42

13.18

12.40

 

History of prior anti-TB treatment

0.06

New case

718 (90.43)

66.30

11.84

21.87

 

Retreated case

76 (9.57)

76.32

10.53

13.16

 

Sputum smear status

    

0.15

Positive

449 (56.55)

69.27

11.36

19.38

 

Negative

345 (43.45)

64.64

12.17

23.19

 

Travel time to the nearest CHC

0.04

<15 Mins

456 (57.43)

69.52

13.38

17.11

 

≥15 Mins

338 (42.57)

64.20

9.47

26.33

 

Can TB patients stop anti-TB treatment by themselves when mild adverse drug reaction appears?

0.0013

No, they cannot.

412 (51.89)

71.84

13.59

14.56

 

Yes, they can.

170 (24.41)

59.41

11.76

28.82

 

Not sure

212 (26.70)

64.62

8.02

27.36

 

It does not matter that TB patients miss some doses of anti-TB medication, does it?

0.0027

Yes, it does.

652 (82.12)

69.79

11.35

18.87

 

No, it does not.

48 (6.05)

56.25

16.67

27.08

 

Unknown.

94 (11.84)

55.32

11.70

32.98

 

Does TB patient need to keep anti-TB treatment up when symptoms disappear?

0.52

Yes.

438 (55.16)

68.26

12.10

19.63

 

No.

95 (11.96)

67.37

16.84

15.79

 

Unknown.

261 (32.87)

65.52

9.20

25.29

 
  1. Note: P values are associated with rank-sum tests.
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