Quality of life of pulmonary TB patients after intensive phase treatmentin the health centers of Medan city, Indonesia

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Wahyuni, A.S.^1 ; Soeroso, N.^2 ; Harahap, J.^1 ; Amelia, R.^1 ; Alona, I.^1

Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

Department of Pulmonology and Respiration, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^2

关键词: Chronic disease;    Cross-sectional design;    Health centers;    Initial treatment;    Physical function;    Quality of life;    Quantitative study;    Treatment phase;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012142/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012142

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the chronic diseases that has become a long major health problem in the world, as well as in Indonesia. TB treatment takes a long time (6-9 months) to cover both intensive and advanced phases. TB patients experience significant disruptions in their social life, exposed to stigma and discrimination. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of life of TB patients after two months of TB intensive treatment phase. We conducted a quantitative study through cross-sectional design. This research recruited 100 TB patients aged > 18 years old and Category I with AFB(+) result. We involved patients from 7 Health Centers in Medan City. We utilised SF 36 instrument to assess the patients quality of lifein the interview. To analyse the collected data, we performed Independent t-analysis. The result of this study was that the quality of life of TB patients who had undergone initial treatment phase wasina low category with a score of 63.9. The two best-measured aspects of quality of life among the eight dimensions assessed in the instrument were pain and physical function.