Psychological stress and health-related quality of life among tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study
| Autor: | Samir Kumar Praharaj, Ann Roy Febi, Mohan K Manu, Vasudeva Guddattu, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis business.industry Psychological intervention medicine.disease Patient Health Questionnaire Distress Quality of life Internal medicine Original Research Articles medicine Anxiety Medicine medicine.symptom Prospective cohort study business Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | ERJ Open Research, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2021) ERJ Open Research article-version (VoR) Version of Record |
| ISSN: | 2312-0541 |
| Popis: | Economic, social and psychological distress is common in individuals affected by tuberculosis (TB). However, the magnitude of distress, psychological interventions and their effect on the treatment outcomes are often under-evaluated. We examined the level of psychological stress and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of such patients and the effect of antituberculosis therapy on them. Our prospective cohort study included newly diagnosed adult pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB patients. Assessment of psychological stress was done using the seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder questionnaire for anxiety and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire for depression. HRQoL was assessed by using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Of the 86 patients studied, 21 (24.4%) had anxiety symptoms at the baseline, which reduced to 5.8% and 1.2% at 2 months and treatment completion, respectively (p Tuberculosis patients experience significant psychological stress that can negatively impact their quality of life and warrants proper screening and intervention. https://bit.ly/3jfMEjA |
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