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. 2014 May 23;14:237. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-237

Table 4.

List of services for patients in Dourados from June 2009 to July 2011 (N = 109)

List of services Indigenous
 Non-indigenous
 p-value
n   n  
Does the medical team that accompanies you during TB treatment…
 (%)
 53
 20 (38%)
 45
 37 (82%)
 <0.01
Offer you HIV/AIDS testing?
  
  
  
  
  
  
Offer a flask for sputum examination each month for control of your TB?
 Mean ± SD
 57
 3.85 ± 1.59
 51
 3.88 ± 1.70
 0.76*
Offer monthly consultations for TB treatment and control?
 Mean ± SD
 55
 3.85 ± 1.55
 51
 3.90 ± 1.59
 0.84*
Offer basic-needs grocery packages or food vouchers?
 Mean ± SD
 57
 2.19 ± 1.63
 51
 1.13 ± 0.49
 <0.01*
Offer transportation vouchers?
 Mean ± SD
 57
 1.45 ± 1.51
 51
 1.11 ± 0.65
 0.41*
Explain the symptoms of TB?
 Mean ± SD
 54
 3.70 ± 1.75
 51
 3.54 ± 1.96
 0.80*
Explain TB transmission?
 Mean ± SD
 56
 3.39 ± 1.73
 51
 3.76 ± 1.89
 0.26*
Explain TB treatment?
 Mean ± SD
 56
 4.53 ± 1.06
 50
 4.26 ± 1.38
 0.35*
Explain your other health problems?
 Mean ± SD
 56
 2.42 ± 1.80
 51
 2.33 ± 1.95
 0.46
Conduct home visits for reasons other than TB?
 Mean ± SD
 56
 3.05 ± 1.77
 50
 2.08 ± 1.53
 <0.01*
Are the health professionals at the clinic always available when you need them?
 Mean ± SD
 57
 4.68 ± 1.02
 51
 4.66 ± 1.69
 0.72*
Are there groups of patients who discuss TB at the clinic where you are being treated? Mean ± SD 56 4.62 ± 3.75 51 4.80 ± 4.00 0.83*

List of services. 1 = never, 2 = almost never, 3 = sometimes, 4 = almost always, and 5 = always.

*Kruskal-Wallis Test.