Tuberculosis and Social acceptance

Background and Aim : Social acceptance in patients that suffering from tuberculosis is defined as the support which is offered by social network around them includes family, friends and colleagues that often cause the better management and prognosis. Lack of social acceptance is a barrier which proscribes the patients to receive their medications, compliance, resilience and supports. If the social acceptance is significantly low in patients with tuberculosis, an appropriate plan can raise the level of knowledge and the culture bound issue of the community to enhance the level of patient and community acceptance. Methods : In this descriptive-cross sectional study, ۲۹ pulmonary TB patients who had referred to Rafsanjan health center were selected. The Marlou-Crown questionnaire was completed by patients and the scores were calculated based on the questionnaire key by using SPSS ۱۶. T-test, Fisher and chi-square tests were used for evaluation and the significance level was P-value <۰.۰۵. Results : The results showed that the frequency of moderate to high and low social acceptance among patients was ۶۲% and ۳۸% respectively. Fifteen (۵۲%) patients were male and ۱۴ (۴۸%) were female. The age range of patients was ۸ to ۹۰ years. Among the variables age, sex, education, place of residence, nationality and family history of TB which were inspected, the relationship between age، nationality, family history of TB and social acceptance was significant (P-value <۰.۰۵). Conclusion : This study concludes that older patients, those with a family history of TB and Afghan patients have higher social acceptance.

کلیدواژه ها:

Tuberculosis ، Social acceptance ، Marlou-Crown questionnaire ، Pulmonary Tuberculosis