Quality of life of multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients: A study of North India

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 448-453

  Sharma, Raman ^a   Yadav, Ravinder ^a   Sharma, Meenakshi ^b   Saini, Varinder ^a   Koushal, Vipin ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Environment; Impact; Physical; Psychological; Quality of life; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904167048     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. WHO Report. Global tuberculosis control: Epidemiology, strategy, financing. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009.
2. Chakraborty AK. Epidemiology of tuberculosis: Current status in India. Indian J Med Res 2004;120(4):248-276
3. Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. DOTS-Plus Guidelines 2006. Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme; 2007: p. 1-46.
4. Cassileth BR, Lusk EJ, Strouse TB, et al. Psychosocial status in chronic illness. A comparative analysis of six diagnostic groups. N Engl J Med 1984;311(8):506-511.
5. Singh MM. Tuberculosis: Triumphs and tragedy. J Indian Med Assoc 2003;101(3):190-192.
6. Chow SP, Yau A. Tuberculosis of the knee-A long term follow-up. Int Orthop 1980;4(2):87-92.
7. Rajeswari R, Muniyandi M, Balasubramanian R, et al. Perceptions of tuberculosis patients about their physical, mental and social well-being: A field report from south India. Soc Sci Med 2005;60(8):1845-1853.
8. Khan A, Walley J, Newell J, et al. Tuberculosis in Pakistan: Socio-cultural constraints and opportunities in treatment. Soc Sci Med 2000;50(2):247-254.
9. Liefooghe R, Michiels N, Habib S, et al. Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: A focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan. Soc Sci Med 1995;41(12):1685-92.
10. Mata JI. Integrating the client's perspective in planning a tuberculosis education and treatment program in Honduras. Med Anthropol 1985;9(1):57-64.
11. Rajeswari R, Balasubramanian R, Muniyandi M, et al. Socio-economic impact of tuberculosis on patients and family in India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999;3(10):869-877.
12. Marra CA, Marra F, Cox VC, et al. Factors influencing quality of life in patients with active tuberculosis. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004;2(1):58.
13. Kelly-Rossini L, Perlman DC, Mason DJ. The experience of respiratory isolation for HIV-infected persons with tuberculosis. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1996;7(1):29-36.
14. Barnhoorn F, Adriaanse H. In search of factors responsible for noncompliance among tuberculosis patients in Wardha District, India. Soc Sci Med 1992;34(3):291-306.
15. Rubel AJ, Garro LC. Social and cultural factors in the successful control of tuberculosis. Public Health Rep 1992;107(6):626-636.
16. Johansson E, Long NH, Diwan VK, et al. Attitudes to compliance with tuberculosis treatment among women and men in Vietnam. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999;3(10):862-868.
17. Johansson E, Diwan VK, Huong ND, et al. Staff and patient attitudes to tuberculosis and compliance with treatment: An exploratory study in a district in Vietnam. Tuber Lung Dis 1996;77(2):178-183.
18. Hudelson P. Gender differentials in tuberculosis: The role of socio-economic and cultural factors. Tuber Lung Dis 1996;77(5):391-400.
19. Dhingra VK, Rajpal S. Health related quality of life scoring in tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc 2003;50(1):99-104.
20. Hansel NN, Wu AW, Chang B, et al. Quality of life in tuberculosis: Patient and provider perspectives. Qual Life Res 2004;13(3):639-652
21. Chamla D. The assessment of patients' health-related quality of life during tuberculosis treatment. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004;8(9):1100-1106
22. FitzGerald JM, Menzies D. Undiagnosed respiratory illness. Commentary. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Accessed in Jan 2014, 7, at http://webmm.ahrq.gov).
23. Kelly P. Isolation and stigma: the experience of patients with active tuberculosis. J Community Health Nurs 1999;16(4):233-241.
24. Long NH, Johansson E, Diwan VK, et al. Fear and social isolation as consequences of tuberculosis in VietNam: a gender analysis. Health Policy 2001;58(1):69-81.
25. Macq J, Solis A, Martinez G, et al. An exploration of the social stigma of tuberculosis in five 'municipios' of Nicaragua to reflect on local interventions. Health Policy 2005;74(2):205-217.
26. Mirza I, Jenkins R. Risk factors, prevalence, and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in Pakistan: systematic review. BMJ 2004;328(10):794-798.
27. Skevington SM, Lofty M, O'connell KA, et al. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL - BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Qual Life Res 2004;13(2):299-310.