The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to non-compliance
to TB treatment amongst pulmonary TB patients in Waterberg district, Limpopo.
The health-belief model was the conceptual framework which guided this study.
A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study design was used.
Data was collected using a structured questionnaire administered by trained data
collectors. Data was collected from 215 respondents. Informed consent was
obtained from each respondent prior to data collection. MS Excel and SPSS
were used to analyse data. Findings on significant factors contributing to noncompliance
to TB treatment include; non-availability of food whilst taking TB
treatment, disbelief in the fact that TB can result in death if not treated, belief in
traditional medicine for curing TB, bad healthcare worker attitudes, long distance
to the clinic for treatment, belief that TB treatment takes very long and the pill
burden / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/9268 |
| Date | 29 April 2013 |
| Creators | Dladla, Cindy Nolungiselelo |
| Contributors | Ziyane, Isabella Simoyi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 102 leaves) |
| Rights | University of South Africa |
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