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Table 5 Distribution of means and standard deviations of family focus indicators, Brazilian municipalities, 2007.

From: Health services performance for TB treatment in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Indicators of Family focus

Southeastern cities

Northeastern cities

 

RP

SJRP

ITA

FS

CG

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Does the professional ask for information about your living conditions and those of your family?

3.31 ± 1.87

4.02 ± 1.54

2.30 ± 1.72

2.76 ± 1.75

2.74 ± 1.54

Does the professional ask for information about your family's diseases?

4.03 ± 1.62

4.17 ± 1.36

2.80 ± 1.83

3.24 ± 1.75

3.45 ± 1.40

Does the professional ask if the people you live with have coughs, fever?

4.39 ± 1.36

4.23 ± 1.38

4.01 ± 1.58

3.88 ± 1.62

3.80 ± 1.42

When you became ill with TB did the professional deliver sputum examination pots to everyone that lives with you?

2.91 ± 1.98

3.81 ± 1.67

3.69 ± 1.89

2.89 ± 1.92

2.22 ± 1.55

Does the professional know the people that live with you?

4.04 ± 1.61

3.64 ± 1.60

4.11 ± 1.67

3.09 ± 1.68

2.76 ± 1.72

Do the professionals speak to the people that live with you about your disease?

3.75 ± 1.73

3.48 ± 1.65

3.09 ± 1.91

2.82 ± 1.70

2.54 ± 1.63

Do the professionals speak to the people that live with you about your treatment?

3.72 ± 1.80

3.50 ± 1.67

3.05 ± 1.87

2.84 ± 1.77

2.46 ± 1.59

Do the professionals speak to the people that live with you about other health problems?

3.05 ± 1.90

2.11 ± 1.55

2.00 ± 1.65

1.73 ± 1.41

1.92 ± 1.46

Total Indicator of Family focus

3.65 ± 1.80a

3.62 ± 1.68a

3.13 ± 1.90b

2.91 ± 1.79bc

2.74 ± 1.64c

Family focus by region

3.47 ± 1.81*

2.82 ± 1.72*

  1. RP - Ribeirão Preto; FS - Feira de Santana; CG - Campina Grande; SJRP - São José do Rio Preto; ITA - Itaboraí.
  2. No statistical differences were found among averages followed by the same letter in columns according to the Tukey test, with significance set at 5%.
  3. *Student t-test - p < 0.05