Table 4.
Item scores for PS-13 and SIMS scales among 133 TB patients Uganda, 2007-2008
| Item scores of PS-13 by patient category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting | Two months | Completed | ||
| Item no. | Scale items | therapy | on therapy | therapy |
| 1 | Needed treatment | 59.4 ± 47.6 | 69.7 ± 44.8 | 63.6 ± 46.5 |
| 2 | When to start | 59.4 ± 46.6 | 69.0 ± 44.6 | 65.1 ± 46.6 |
| 3 | Same doctors | 95.7 ± 13.3 | 96.2 ± 12.9 | 96.1 ± 13.0 |
| 4 | Prefer this hospital | 83.3 ± 32.8 | 94.7 ± 16.0 | 86.8 ± 30.1 |
| 5 | Results of treatment | 84.9 ± 16.6 | 89.5 ± 15.5 | 97.7 ± 8.5a |
| 6 | Care received | 73.3 ± 26.9 | 70.5 ± 29.9 | 71.3 ± 32.3 |
| 7 | Nurses available | 87.7 ± 20.3 | 88.0 ± 19.1 | 93.1 ± 13.6 |
| 8 | Others courteous | 84.9 ± 22.9 | 84.9 ± 22.1 | 90.0 ± 18.6 |
| 9 | Choose same hospital | 94.3 ± 12.6 | 95.5 ± 11.5 | 97.7 ± 11.3 |
| 10 | Doctors' time | 85.7 ± 16.5 | 88.0 ± 17.6 | 93.1 ± 13.6 |
| 11 | Hospital waiting time | 71.1 ± 28.7 | 77.4 ± 27.6 | 78.4 ± 25.1 |
| 12 | Overall care | 84.9 ± 16.6 | 91.0 ± 14.9 | 91.5 ± 16.3 |
| 13 | Recommend | 89.2 ± 15.6 | 95.5 ± 11.5 | 95.4 ± 11.6b |
| Item scores of SIMS by patient category | ||||
| Starting | Two months | Completed | ||
| Item no. | Scale items | therapy | on therapy | therapy |
| 1 | What your medicine is called | 23.9 ± 25.3 | 34.1 ± 35.0 | 29.1 ± 30.8 |
| 2 | What your medicine is for | 73.9 ± 27.4 | 78.4 ± 25.1 | 77.9 ± 25.1 |
| 3 | What it does | 52.2 ± 37.9 | 50.0 ± 38.5 | 47.7 ± 37.3 |
| 4 | How it works | 32.6 ± 33.7 | 32.4 ± 35.6 | 37.2 ± 36.3 |
| 5 | How long it will take to act | 46.7 ± 38.6 | 52.8 ± 39.7 | 49.4 ± 39.5 |
| 6 | How you can tell it is working | 42.9 ± 36.0 | 48.9 ± 39.6 | 47.7 ± 37.3 |
| 7 | How long you will need to be on your medicine | 60.9 ± 34.8 | 79.5 ± 24.9 | 76.7 ± 29.6a |
| 8 | How to use your medicine | 64.1 ± 34.4 | 78.4 ± 29.3 | 77.9 ± 27.4 |
| 9 | How to get a further supply | 64.1 ± 36.0 | 77.3 ± 29.4 | 76.7 ± 29.6 |
| 10 | Whether the medicine has any unwanted effects | 31.0 ± 32.1 | 28.4 ± 34.4 | 39.0 ± 38.7 |
| 11 | What are the risks of your getting side effects | 34.2 ± 39.2 | 30.7 ± 38.8 | 29.7 ± 34.2 |
| 12 | What you should do if you experience any side effects | 42.9 ± 41.7 | 43.2 ± 41.9 | 43.0 ± 41.7 |
| 13 | Whether you can drink alcohol whilst taking this medicine | 64.1 ± 40.4 | 58.0 ± 42.7 | 59.9 ± 42.7 |
| 14 | Whether the medicine interferes with other medicine | 47.3 ± 41.2 | 40.9 ± 43.2 | 40.1 ± 42.7 |
| 15 | Whether the medication will make you feel drowsy | 41.8 ± 42.2 | 44.9 ± 43.3 | 47.1 ± 43.7 |
| 16 | Whether the medication will affect your sex life | 31.0 ± 37.0 | 32.4 ± 40.6 | 33.7 ± 40.8 |
| 17 | What you should do if you forget to take a dose | 45.1 ± 39.3 | 43.2 ± 38.3 | 51.2 ± 38.9 |
ap- value < 0.0001, a p-value < 0.05. PS-13 = 13-Item patient satisfaction scale, SIMS = Satisfaction with information about TB medicine scale