The influence of expert patients on the increase of medication adherence among tuberculosis patients

Abstract

Objective

This study aims to analyze the relationship between the role of expert patients and medication adherence among tuberculosis patients.

Method

The research was conducted as a quasi-experiment with control. There were 34 samples selected using the probability sampling technique.

Results

The data were analyzed statistically using the Wilcoxon test and paired t-test. The results reveal that there was a change in knowledge and adherence before and after health education in the intervention and control groups. However, only the intervention group experienced a significant change with p < 0.05, while in the control group, the change was not significant with p > 0.05.

Conclusion

This study showed that there was a significant change in the mean of knowledge and adherence before and after health education by expert patients in the intervention group.