Mobile Health Technologies May Be Acceptable Tools for Providing Social Support to Tuberculosis Patients in Rural Uganda: A Parallel Mixed-Method Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of study participants.
Characteristic
TB patients ()
Social supporters ()
Female
15 (42.9%)
9 (60.0%)
Median age in years
32.0
37.0
Able to read English
27 (77.1%)
10 (66.7%)
Able to read Runyankole
34 (97.1%)
14 (93.3%)
Had regular income
18 (51.4%)
8 (53.3%)
Worried about food security
20 (57.1%)
8 (53.3%)
Living with HIV
15 (42.9%)
1 (6.7%)
Mean (standard deviation) of TB treatment period completed (months)
