Author:
Hooley Brady,Mtenga Sally,Tediosi Fabrizio
Abstract
Objectives: To examine the role of NCD patients’ social ties as informal caregivers and whether receiving their support is associated with engagement in care.Methods: NCD outpatients (N2 = 100) in rural Tanzania completed a cross-sectional questionnaire to characterize the support role of their social ties (N1 = 304). Bivariate analyses explored predictors of social support and whether social support is associated with engagement in care.Results: This study found that 87% of participants had health insurance, yet 25% received financial support for financing healthcare. Patient gender, age and marital status were found to be important predictors of social support, with NCD-related disability and disease severity being predictive to a lesser degree. Monthly receipt of both material and non-material support were associated with increased odds of adherence to prescribed medications.Conclusion: These findings indicate that patients’ social ties play an important role in filling the gaps in formal social health protection and incur substantial costs by doing so. The instrumental role of even non-material social support in promoting engagement in care deserves greater attention when developing policies for improving this population’s engagement in care.
Funder
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health (social science)
Cited by
3 articles.
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