Effects of sociodemographic characteristics and patients’ health beliefs on tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ethiopia: a structural equation modelling approach

Effects of sociodemographic characteristics and patients’ health beliefs on tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ethiopia: a structural equation modelling approach

Abstract Background Patients’ beliefs are a major factor affecting tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence. However, there has been little use of Health Belief Model (HBM) in determining the pathway effect of patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and beliefs on TB treatment adherence. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Habteyes Hailu Tola, Mehrdad Karimi, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Health belief
Treatment adherence
Structural equation modelling
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0380-5

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