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Resumen Objetivo: Evaluar la percepción de Calidad de Vida Relacionada con la Salud (CVRS) de pacientes con diagnóstico de tuberculosis y la relación con su trabajo. Materiales y métodos: Se utilizó el SF-36 y la dimensión de trabajo del Sickness Impact Profile (SIP). Resultados: Las dimensiones del SF-36 percibidas como malas fueron rol físico, vitalidad, salud mental y percepción de la salud general. El 60 % del total manifestó que no tenía trabajo al momento del estudio. Conclusiones: El 80 % de los pacientes estuvieron en edad productiva, por lo que además de su CVRS se afecta su ingreso familiar al dejar de trabajar, lo cual aumenta el impacto social de la enfermedad.
Abstract Objetive: Evaluate the perception of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients diagnosed with tuberculosis and its relation with their work. Materials and Methods: We used the SF-36 and the dimension of work of Sickness Impact Profile (SIP). Results: The dimensions of the SF-36 perceived as bad, were physical role, vitality, mental health and general health perception. 60 % of total reported not having a job at the time of the study. Conclusions: 80 % of patients were at working age so that in addition to their HRQoL household income from quit working is affected, increasing the social impact of the disease.
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A tuberculose (TB) continua sendo um dos mais urgentes problemas de saúde pública do mundo, com 8 a 10 milhões de novos casos e 2 a 3 milhões de mortes a cada ano. Cerca de 50 milhõesde pessoas estão infectadas com o Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A fim de desenvolver testes para imunodiagnóstico da TB, vários antígenos têm sido testados na resposta imune humoral de pacientes com TB ativa. O teste imunoenzimático de ELISA realizado com amostras de plasma de 45 pacientes com tuberculose pulmonar e 172 contatos (96 prova tuberculínica negativa e 76, positiva) foi conduzido para avaliação da resposta imune humoral, com pesquisa de anticorpos das classesIgM e IgG contra o antígeno recombinante GroEs do Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtGroEs). Pacientes com tuberculose pulmonar ativa apresentaram maiores níveis de IgG anti-rGroEs do que indivíduos saudáveis, o que permitiu a discriminação entre os dois grupos e sugeriu resposta imune humoral específica a este antígeno.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important public health problems ofthe world, with 8-10 million new cases and 2-3 million deaths each year. About 50 million people are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In order to develop immunodiagnostic tests for TB, several antigens have been tested for the humoral immune response of patients with active TB. ELISA was performed with plasma samples from 45 patients with pulmonary TB and 172 contacts (96 negative and 76 positive for the tuberculin skin test). The humoral immune response was evaluated through assessment of IgM and IgG antibodies against recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis GroES (MtGroEs). Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis had higher levels of IgG anti-rGroEs than healthy individuals, allowing discriminationbetween the two groups.
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Humans , Male , Female , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Recombinant Proteins , Immune System , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the influence of nursing intervention on the medical compliance of patients with tuberculosis.Methods We divided 432 patients with tuberculosis into test group and control group according to the in-hospital date in our internal medicine department from January in 2004 to April in 2005.The control group received routine nursing intervention while the test group got full health education during the routine nursing intervention.Results The medical compliance of patients was superior to that of the control group after full health education during the routine nursing intervention(P<0.01).Conclusion We could improve the medical compliance of patients by giving full health education during the routine nursing intervention.