Barriers affecting medication adherence among tuberculosis patients in gazan region 2022

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) It is a chronic disease that spreads from person to person through the air and is brought on by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis medication Adherence is a key factor associated with the effectiveness of all pharmacological therapies but is particularly critical for medications prescribed for chronic conditions in this study we aim to assess the barriers of tuberculosis medication adherence. Methods: Observational cross-sectional cross- sectional community based, carried out in Jazan Region in Saudi Arabia in period between June 2021 till October 2021 included (228) all new diagnosed tuberculosis patients in 2021 was conducted to assess the tuberculosis medication adherence level and its barriers using standardized general medication adherence scale. Results: 228 tuberculosis patients were enrolled more than 50% of participants aged between 19 t0 34 years and the least age group was less than 19 years, male was found to be more than female 70.2%, majority of the participants was married 58%, regards to education near to 60% of participant was low il educated from intermediate level and below, (11%) of TB patients were had other medical condition hypertension 8.8%diabetes 5.6%, dyslipidemia 1.3% (comorbidity) among registered TB patients 2021, all of patients obtained the medicine from government we found there is a high medication adherence among 86% of participants educational levels, marital status and monthly income (Pvalue .006,.003 and .001) logistics regression showed that is, association with education level and adherence (Pvalue0.002 ), and also the results shows that secondary education is 3.717 times more likely to adherence than non-adherence. The marital status is positively significant associated with adherence, the p-value for married is 0.006. Also there is positive significant association between monthly income and adherence. the p-value for monthly income with adherence is 0.034 which indicate that there is association with monthly income and adherence, study recommend more effort to be spent not married for low level education and income.