Psychological stress and health-related quality of life among tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study
| Autor: | Ann Roy Febi, Mohan K. Manu, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Vasudeva Guddattu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | ERJ Open Research, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2312-0541 23120541 |
| DOI: | 10.1183/23120541.00251-2021 |
| 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 |
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