scholarly journals A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND COPING STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AT SELECTED DOTS CENTERS WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP A PAMPHLET.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 938-945
Author(s):  
Rashmi a ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Yunita Sari

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease that can bring about the sufferer's self-stigma and also affect his quality of life. A number of studies report that living with TB has a negative influence on the quality of life of sufferers even with or without self-stigma. The purpose of this study was to identify the quality of life of TB patients who experienced self-stigma. This research is a descriptive study, sample were 31 pulmonary TB patients. Data was collected using a questionnaire. Data analyzed by using frequency distribution and percentage. The researcher first screened TB patients who experienced self-stigma. The results showed that 25 people (80.64%) respondents experienced mild self-stigma. A total of 9 respondents (36%) had a quality of life score in the good category and as many as 16 respondents (64%) had enough category with an average quality of life score is 56.57. While respondents who had moderate self-stigma were 6 people (19.36%) with a good quality of life score was 1 person (16.67%) and enough category quality of life score were 5 people (83.33%) with an average quality of life score is 49.92.


2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. A95-A96 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Dujaili ◽  
A.Q. Blebil ◽  
A. Awaisu ◽  
J. Bredle ◽  
M.A. Dujaili ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 3137-3143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saniya Saleem ◽  
Amyn A. Malik ◽  
Asma Ghulam ◽  
Junaid Ahmed ◽  
Hamidah Hussain

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1181-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Montel ◽  
Laurence Albertini ◽  
Claude Desnuelle ◽  
Elisabeth Spitz

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh-Monavar Yazdi ◽  
Simin Hosseinian ◽  
Mansoure Eslami ◽  
Ali Fathi-Asht

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