[Factors affecting the treatment results with pulmonary tuberculosis patients]. / O faktorakh, vliiaiushchikh na rezul'tat lecheniia bol'nykh tuberkulezom legkikh.

A study is presented of the effect of social factors on the outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with freshly detected disease mainly in rural localities in 1985-1989. The outcomes of treatment depended mainly on the form and extension of the pathological process and terms of treatment. It was also established that the outcomes of tuberculosis are also influenced by unfavourable social factors which are more pronounced in persons with an extensive process. Treatment results were better in women with higher education than in similarly educator men. Among agricultural workers treatment efficacy was worse than among office workers and housewives. Life in the family effects more favourably treatment results than single life. Treatment results were worse in those living in unsatisfactory conditions, engaged in hard physical work, suffering of concomitant diseases and bad habits.

[The effect of social factors on tuberculosis morbidity]. / Vliianie sotsial'nykh faktorov na zabolevaemost' tuberkulezom.

The influence of social factors on tuberculosis morbidity in the Vinnitsa region was studied for the period of 1954-1965 (1365 examined subjects) and 1965-1989 (556 examined subjects). They included: income per family member, residence conditions, the nature of work and occupational hazards, education, bad habits, and marital status, etc.). Social factors have still influence on the possible development of pulmonary tuberculosis. A combination of unfavourable social factors (low income, hard physical labour, smoking, alcohol abuse, malnutrition, low hygienic level) as well as a separate factor (income per family member) have the greatest influence on tuberculosis morbidity. Recently, since provision with living space has been improved, this factor has a lower influence on the possible development of tuberculosis.