Table 6.
Coping mechanisms, social consequences, perceived financial impact and social support reported by patients who participated in the Solomon Islands tuberculosis patient cost survey: 2017–2019
| Category | Extra-pulmonary TB N = 36 (%) n (%) |
Pulmonary TB N = 147 n (%) |
All patients N = 183 n (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coping mechanisms | ||||
| Dissavings | 2 (5.6) | 15 (10.2) | 17 (9.3) | 0.389 |
| Took out a loan | 3 (8.3) | 17 (11.6) | 20 (10.9) | 0.578 |
| Sold assets | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.1) | 6 (3.3) | 0.218 |
| Any of the above | 5 (13.9) | 31 (21.1) | 36 (19.7) | 0.330 |
| Social consequences | ||||
| Social exclusion | 2 (5.6) | 12 (8.2) | 14 (7.7) | 0.598 |
| Food insecurity | 7 (19.4) | 38 (25.9) | 45 (24.6) | 0.424 |
| Job loss | 5 (13.9) | 10 (6.8) | 15 (8.2) | 0.165 |
| Interrupted schooling | 7 (19.4) | 32 (21.8) | 39 (21.3) | 0.760 |
| Divorce | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | 0.620 |
| Any of the above | 20 (55.6) | 79 (53.7) | 99 (54.1) | 0.845 |
| Perceived financial impact | ||||
| No impact | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0.205 |
| Little impact | 3 (8.3) | 26 (17.7) | 29 (15.8) | |
| Moderate impact | 14 (38.9) | 54 (36.7) | 68 (37.2) | |
| Serious impact | 14 (38.9) | 50 (34.0) | 64 (35.0) | |
| Very serious impact | 4 (11.1) | 17 (11.6) | 21 (11.5) | |
| Social support | ||||
| From family or relatives | 1 (50.0) | 6 (85.7) | 7 (77.8) | 0.284 |
| From a Member of Parliament | 1 (50.0) | 1 (14.3) | 2(22.2) | |
| Total (proportion of all patients) | 2 (5.6%) | 7 (4.8) | 9 (4.9) | 0.844 |
| Receipt of vouchers | ||||
| Food support | 16 (100.0) | 47 (94.0) | 63 (95.5) | 0.605 |
| Travel voucher | 0 (0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Unknown type | 0 (0) | 2 (4.0) | 2 (3.0) | |
| Total (proportion of all patients) | 16 (44.4) | 50 (34.0) | 66 (36.1) | 0.243 |
Abbreviation: TB Tuberculosis