Abstract
<h3>Introduction:</h3> <b>To investigate the effect of video directly observed therapy (VDOT) on stigma levels in tuberculosis (TB) patients.</b> <h3>Methods:</h3> <b>Thirty TB patients (36.5%) receiving directly observed therapy (DOT) and 52 receiving VDOT (63.4%) between 15.08.2021 and 15.10.2021 in Samsun, Turkey, were included in this study (n = 82). All the participants completed the Stigma Scale in Patients with Tuberculosis (SSTB), and their demographic and disease characteristics were investigated.</b> <h3>Results:</h3> <b>The mean age of the participants was 50.0 ± 17.8 years, 64 were married (78.8%), and 38 were women (46.3%) in the study group. Sixty patients had pulmonary TB (73.1%), and duration of disease was less than 6 months in 64 (82.9) patients. The mean SSTB score was 84.2 ± 12.3, the DOT group exhibiting higher SSTB scores then the VDOT group (t = 2.524,</b> P<b><i> = .006</i>). The VDOT group had lower mean SSTB subdimension mean scores (perceived stigma, self-perception internalized stigma, and family/friend relations) (</b>P<b><i> < .05</i>). Linear regression models identified VDOT and male gender as independent factors for increased total SSTB scores (</b>P<b><i> < .05</i>). VDOT was also identified as an independent factor for total SSTB subdimension scores in the linear regression models (</b>P<b><i> < .05</i>).</b> <h3>Conclusion:</h3> <b>Our results confirm that TB patients who receive VDOT has less stigmata compared with homecare DOT.</b>
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