Level of Family Support and Associated Factors Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Eastern Uganda. A Baseline Cross-Sectional Study
Family caregivers play a vital role in assisting patients during the prolonged TB treatment period to overcome TB and treatment-related challenges. Healthcare providers should routinely assess the level of different forms of patient support and integrate routine family counseling sessions into TB care to improve support availability among TB patients.
Authors
- Businge Alinaitwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-8166)
- Nilufar Jivraj Shariff
- Bindu Madhavi Boddupalli
Institutions
- Mount Kenya University (KE)
- Uganda Cancer Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s511615
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst