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    Health beliefs
    (UMT.Lahore, 2018) Fatima Hassan; Nimra Zafar
    The present study investigated the relationship between health beliefs, social support, and treatment adherence in people diagnosed with tuberculosis. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship between health beliefs, social support, and treatment adherence in people with TB. It was hypothesized that social support would moderate the relationship between health beliefs and treatment adherence. Non-probability purposive sample of 100 TB patients including 41 women and 59 men with age range of 18-55 years (M=34.7, SD=13.5) was drawn from Jinnah Hospital and Gulab Devi hospital Lahore. Urdu versions of Venereal Diseases Health Belief Model Scale (Simon, Family Das, 1984), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988) and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (Morisky, Green, & Levine, 1986) were used. A co relational research design was employed. The results showed that aspects of health beliefs i.e. perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived self-efficacy were significantly positively, while perceived barriers were significantly negatively correlated with treatment adherence. The results further revealed that social support and its subscales were significantly positively correlated with treatment adherence. Multiple linear regression showed that perceived barriers were significant negative predictor while, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived social support were significant positive predictors of treatment adherence. Social support moderator was found to be significant between health beliefs and treatment adherence. The importance of this study lies in hypothesizing a relationship of health beliefs with treatment adherence and seeing the role of social support as a moderator to explore treatment adherence in TB patients.