Health-service performance of TB treatment for indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 List of services for patients in Dourados from June 2009 to July 2011 (N = 109)

List of services		Indigenous		Non-indigenous		p-value
List of services		n		n		p-value
Does the medical team that accompanies you during TB treatment…	(%)	53	20 (38%)	45	37 (82%)	<0.01
Offer you HIV/AIDS testing?
Offer a flask for sputum examination each month for control of your TB?	Mean ± SD	57	3.85 ± 1.59	51	3.88 ± 1.70	0.76*
Offer monthly consultations for TB treatment and control?	Mean ± SD	55	3.85 ± 1.55	51	3.90 ± 1.59	0.84*
Offer basic-needs grocery packages or food vouchers?	Mean ± SD	57	2.19 ± 1.63	51	1.13 ± 0.49	<0.01*
Offer transportation vouchers?	Mean ± SD	57	1.45 ± 1.51	51	1.11 ± 0.65	0.41*
Explain the symptoms of TB?	Mean ± SD	54	3.70 ± 1.75	51	3.54 ± 1.96	0.80*
Explain TB transmission?	Mean ± SD	56	3.39 ± 1.73	51	3.76 ± 1.89	0.26*
Explain TB treatment?	Mean ± SD	56	4.53 ± 1.06	50	4.26 ± 1.38	0.35*
Explain your other health problems?	Mean ± SD	56	2.42 ± 1.80	51	2.33 ± 1.95	0.46
Conduct home visits for reasons other than TB?	Mean ± SD	56	3.05 ± 1.77	50	2.08 ± 1.53	<0.01*
Are the health professionals at the clinic always available when you need them?	Mean ± SD	57	4.68 ± 1.02	51	4.66 ± 1.69	0.72*
Are there groups of patients who discuss TB at the clinic where you are being treated?	Mean ± SD	56	4.62 ± 3.75	51	4.80 ± 4.00	0.83*

List of services. 1 = never, 2 = almost never, 3 = sometimes, 4 = almost always, and 5 = always.
*Kruskal-Wallis Test.

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