Patients’ Compliance with Tuberculosis Medication in Ghana: Evidence from a Periurban Community

Table 2

Roles of treatment supporters by patients’ compliance with medication.

Roles of treatment supporters and their effects on patients’ compliance with medication ( = 110)	Mean	Standard deviation	value	Significant level ≤0.05	Degree of freedom
Directly observed therapy by health professional^***			2.619	0.010	108
Compliant	1.59	0.495
Noncompliant	1.34	0.480
Treatment supporter accompany patient to fetch medicine			1.977	0.065	35
Compliant	1.26	0.447
Noncompliant	1.60	0.516
Regular visit of patient by treatment supporter^***			4.733	0.000	108
Compliant	1.13	0.339
Noncompliant	1.51	0.506
Treatment supporter serve patient with medication^***			5.534	0.000	108
Compliant	1.32	0.469
Noncompliant	1.80	0.401
Treatment supporter reminds patient of clinic days^***			3.258	0.001	108
Compliant	1.45	0.501
Noncompliant	1.76	0.435
Treatment supporter advise patient on the in-take of medication^***			3.357	0.001	108
Compliant	1.32	0.469
Noncompliant	1.63	0.488

Source: fieldwork, 2013; ^***significant.