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Factors contributing to non-compliance to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment among patients in Waterberg District Limpopo Province

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)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/9268
Date29 April 2013
CreatorsDladla, Cindy Nolungiselelo
ContributorsZiyane, Isabella Simoyi
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (xi, 102 leaves)
RightsUniversity of South Africa

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