TITLE:
Sickrole Compliance and Sickrole Deviance among Tuberculosis Patients on Treatment in Kanyama, a Zambian Shanty Compound
AUTHORS:
Jason Mwanza
KEYWORDS:
Sickrole, Deviance, Compliance, Adherence, Tuberculosis, Kanyama
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
19,
2016
ABSTRACT: Background: Kanyama
compound has had a DOTS community based programme since 2012 where TB supporters
in the community have been fostering the DOTS programme. Prior to this study,
research had not been done using Parsonian sickrole behaviour concept to determine the pattern of deviance especially the sickrole
behavioural responses on the part of people who were on TB treatment. Methods: This
was an exploratory study and the study sample was drawn from a large mixed
methods study (quan + QUAL) comprising of 457 men and women ≥15 years. Enrolees
were disproportionately sampled using systematic sampling from a population of
1126 men and women who were on multi drug therapy over a two-year period.
Categorical and numeric data from the tool was cleaned and analyzed by using
SPSS version 21 (Inc., Chicago, USA). Statistical analysis was done using
Pearson’s Chi square test and ANOVA. A p value of p p