Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Tuberculosis Patients Referred to the National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Tehran / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 309-314, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-20116
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In tuberculosis (TB) patients, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is significant in self-management, which in turn can be effective in therapeutic acceptance and prevention of treatment failure due to multi-drug resistant TB. This study was conducted to evaluate HRQoL and associated factors in TB patients referred to the National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD).METHODS:
In this study, patients were selected from TB clinics of the NRITLD in Tehran. In addition to an Iranian version of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), demographic and disease characteristic questionnaires were used for data collection. The data were then analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS:
Two hundred five TB patients, with the average age of 42.33+/-17.64 years, participated in this study. The HRQoL scores in different domains ranged from 14.68+/-11.60 for role limitations due to emotional problems to 46.99+/-13.25 for general health perceptions. The variables of sex, marital status, education, job status, place of residence, and cigarette smoking, influenced the HRQoL scores in different dimensions.CONCLUSION:
According to the study findings are the important variables that influenced the HRQoL of TB patients. The consideration of its can improve the HRQoL of TB patients.
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Self Care
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Tuberculosis
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Smoking
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Data Collection
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Health Surveys
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Treatment Failure
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Marital Status
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Education
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Academies and Institutes
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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