[Knowledge of clients who suffer of pulmonary tuberculosis and their family members concerning the adherence of the treatment and associated factors in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State].

This cross sectional study aimed at the determination of the prevalence of the knowledge about the adherence to the tuberculosis treatment that clients suffering of pulmonary tuberculosis and their families have concerning this disease and associated factors. A total of 68 tuberculosis clients who attended the Tuberculosis Control Program in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State, and 82 of their family members were interviewed, totalizing 150 clients. The prevalence of the knowledge was 60%.