Table 3 Profiles of participants of in-depth interviews
Assumed name | Participant profile | Institutional visit trajectory (brackets show indication for visit / admission) | Experience in following treatment guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | |||
Seema | Woman, homemaker, twenties, relapse, child on preventive treatment | PHI for herself→ SDH for child’s medicines | Irregular timing, treatment completed |
Savitri | Widow, Domestic help, sixties, new | Pvt→ DTC→ PHI→ MCH(allergy)→ CDH→ MCH | Following all aspects |
Maryam | Widow, sixties, caregiver of cognitively impaired son | PHI→ SDH→ PHI | Sub-dosing |
Fatima | Woman, forties, diabetic, hypertensive, dyslipidemic, treatment after default | GH(IP)→ DTC→ PHI→ DTC(itching)→ GH(“Kidney” OP, oedema)→ (Hiatus) → MCH→ DTC→ CDH(IP) | Following all aspects in the second round |
Men | |||
Ahmed | Man, forties, diabetic, new, stopped tobacco chewing and alcohol use | Chemist→ SDH→ DTC→ GH(IP)→ PHI | Following all aspects |
Manoj | Man, sixties, treatment after defaulting twice; smoker, stopped alcohol, | DTC→ PHI | Following all aspects in the third round |
Simon | Man, sixties, new; smoker, alcohol user | 4 Pvt→ CDH→ PHI | Sub-dosing, delayed procurement |
Sajan | Man, twenties, new miliary TB; quit smoking, alcohol and marijuana | Pvt→ MCH(IP)→ CDH(IP)→ MCH(IP, Cholecystitis)→ (Home)→ CDH(IP)→ MCH→ GH(IP)→ PHI | Following all aspects at the time of interview; later TB meningitis, not other infectious diseases |