Open Access<p>Determinants of Medication Adherence for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients During Continuation Phase in Dalian, Northeast China</p>
Author(s) -
Liang Du,
Xu Chen,
Xuexue Zhu,
Yu Zhang,
Ruiheng Wu,
Jia Xu,
Haoqiang Ji,
Ling Zhou,
Xiwei Lu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s243734
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , medication adherence , tuberculosis , ordered logit , pulmonary tuberculosis , descriptive statistics , family medicine , pathology , machine learning , computer science , statistics , mathematics
Medication adherence is crucial for decreasing the burden of tuberculosis, but few relevant studies have been conducted in northeast China. This study aimed to explore the level of medication adherence among pulmonary tuberculosis outpatients and the predictive factors based on the bio-psycho-social medical model.