@article{Sharma_Tamrakar_2019, title={ Factors Associated with Treatment Compliance among Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Therapy}, volume={5}, url={https://www.jhas.org.np/jhas/index.php/jhas/article/view/35}, DOI={10.37107/jhas.35}, abstractNote={<p>Tubercular infection is still a pervasive public health problem in Nepal despite the massive efforts of National Health Service stakeholders. This study was carried out to identify the factors associated with treatment compliance among Tuberculosis Patients Receiving DOTS in 11 centres of Pokhara valley. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used to collect information from 142 Tuberculosis patients. Purposive sampling method was used and chi-square test was used at 5% level of significance. Pattern of compliance was categorized as; compliance and non-compliance. Out of 142 respondents, majority (94.37%) of respondents was compliant and minority (5.63%) was non-compliant. Among non-compliant patients, (75.0%) of respondents missed their medicine in intensive phase and the reasons for non-compliance were carelessness of patients, forgetfulness of patients, confusion of staff, side effects of medicines and agitation by political parties. The study found no significant association of treatment compliance with demographic factors, patient related factors, health service factors and social factors (p>0.05). The finding was satisfactory that the compliance of TB patients was high i.e. (94.37%) of respondents were compliant. About (6.00%) of respondents were non-compliant. The reasons for non-compliance were due to their own cause rather than health service factors. They themselves were responsible for being non-compliant. Tuberculosis, being a major public health problem; six percent non-compliance is still a serious health problem and being non-compliant; these patients can transmit tuberculosis to many other healthy people in the family and community. Therefore, tuberculosis patients should be more conscious on treatment compliance to improve their health as well as of family and community.</p> <p><strong> Key words:</strong> Compliance, non-compliance, DOTS Therapy</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Health and Allied Sciences}, author={Sharma, Sunita and Tamrakar , Neeta}, year={2019}, month={Nov.}, pages={48–52} }