Psychological changes and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis who received directly observed treatment short-course in metropolitan areas of Japan: quantitative and qualitative perspectives

Table 4 Correlations for PTG in patients with TB receiving DOTS in Japan

	Correlation	N = 125
	Correlation	p value
Age (years)	0.006	0.952
Education	0.006	0.953
Residence at time of diagnosis	−0.209	0.026	*
Household at time of diagnosis	−0.075	0.426
Occupation at time of diagnosis	−0.058	0.545
Ability to move at time of diagnosis	−0.197	0.037	*
Comorbid diseases at time of diagnosis	0.001	0.993
Symptom severity	0.193	0.039	*
Number of previous TB treatments	0.152	0.105
DOTS treatment duration	−0.064	0.520
DOTS hospitalization	0.117	0.214
Physician’s consultation	0.119	0.207
Public health nurse’s consultation	0.054	0.567
Clinical nurse’s consultation	0.198	0.033	*
Understanding of TB and DOTS	0.041	0.664
DOTS frequency	0.209	0.024	*
Appraisals of the efficacy of DOTS program	0.247	0.010	*
Assessments of the DOTS program practice	0.300	0.007	**
Medication adherence	0.118	0.208
Physical recovery	0.194	0.037	*

Pearson’s correlation coefficient, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01
Education (0 = junior high school, 1 = high school, 2 = university or higher)
Residence at time of diagnosis (0 = homeless, 1 = own residence)
Household at time of diagnosis (0 = living alone, 1 = living with family, others)
Occupation (0 = unemployed, 1 = precarious employment, 2 = full-time employment)
Ability to move at time of diagnosis (0 = disabled, 1 = a little disabled, 2 = able)
Comorbid diseases (0 = none, 1 = comorbid)
Symptom severity (0 = mild, 1 = moderate, 2 = severe)
DOTS hospitalization (0 = none, 1 = experienced)
Physician’s consultation (0 = none, 1 = experienced)
Public health nurse’s consultation (0 = none, 1 = experienced)
Clinical nurse’s consultation (0 = none, 1 = experienced)
Understanding of TB and DOTS (0 = no understanding, 1 = a little understanding, 2 = understanding)
DOTS frequency (0 = monthly, 1 = weekly, 2 = everyday)
Medication adherence (0 = non adherence, 1 = adherence)
Physical recovery (0 = feel deterioration, 1 = unchanged, 2 = full/partial recovery)

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