ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO TREATMENT COMPLIANCE

ABSTRACT

This study examined Assessment of factors contributing to treatment compliance and knowledge of disease transmission among tuberculosis patient in Tertiary Institution, Benin City, Edo state. It employed a descriptive cross-sectional research design. A sample size of One hundred and Thirty-nine (139) tuberculosis patient were sampled for the study, who were selected from tuberculosis patient who come for diagnosis, consultation, follow-up care and medication in DOT clinic. Convenient sampling technique was used in the data collection. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The instrument was tested for validity and reliability. Ethical approval was collected from the Health Research Ethics Committee of the facility. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the data, while Chi-square was used in testing the research hypotheses. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. The result showed that there is no significant relationship between the level of knowledge of tuberculosis patient and the level of compliance. The study also revealed that the respondents have a good knowledge of tuberculosis, majority of the responses were positive and above the critical frequency of 50% this shows that there is a high level of compliance to the treatment of tuberculosis. The research revealed that factors influence treatment compliance for tuberculosis as the frequency of positive response is greater than the critical frequency of 50%. In conclusion, the results showed that the factors contributing to the treatment compliance of patients with tuberculosis are Socioeconomic factors such as education, income, and type of job can affect treatment compliance. The study therefore recommends that to maintain a professional role in future health care, nurses should be accountable for their practice and provide good care and information to the patients suffering from tuberculosis.