If not for this support, I would have left the treatment
Qualitative study exploring the role of social support on medication adherence among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Western India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15541124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nirmal A Ahuja (0000-0002-2447-5866, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Ashley Kuzmik (0000-0002-2921-6767, Pennsylvania State University), Kristin K Sznajder (0000-0002-9680-4497, Pennsylvania State University), Eugene J Lengerich (0000-0001-9872-1647, Pennsylvania State University), N Benjamin Fredrick (Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center), Michael Chen (0000-0002-0313-5977, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center), Wenke Hwang (0000-0002-8116-807X, Pennsylvania State University), Rajendra Patil, Bushra Shaikh (0000-0002-4362-8813) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1945-1957 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2021.1965182 |
| PMID | 34459366 |
| OpenAlex | W3197257531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Social support has been identified as a significant factor in addressing treatment barriers and facilitating treatment adherence. Using a descriptive design, this qualitative study aims at sharing personal feelings and social support-related experiences among pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients in Western India. A semi-structured interview guide was designed, and thirty-seven in-depth interviews were conducted. Descriptive thematic analysis was employed for reporting the themes and the results. The participants highlighted diverse social support experiences like empathy, compassion, trust, neglect, tangible aid, strained relationships with in-laws, health provider's support, strength, and motivation which influences their treatment adherent behaviour. Contrasting differences of social support experiences among adherent and non-adherent TB patients were also reported. The study has important ramifications for developing patient-centric social support intervention strategies, TB policy, and practice. The study has shown, 'if not for this support', patients would have left the treatment, and it is mainly because this debilitating disease robs people of their physical, social, economic, psychological, and emotional well-being far beyond the period when treatment is being administered. However, we resonate that addressing social support is not the only way, and TB elimination overall will require an optimal mix of enhanced biomedical, social, economic, and policy interventions
Compassion · Feeling · Intervention (counseling · Neglect · Political science · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Social support · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |