Assessment of health related quality of life of drug resistant tuberculosis patients Dhiman Sonia1, Bansal Rekha2, Kansal Dinesh3,*, Sharma Parveen K.4 1Junior Resident, Dept. of Pharmacology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh 2Associate Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh 3Professor & HOD, Dept. of Pharmacology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh 4Professor & HOD, Dept. of Pharmacology, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College & Hospital, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author Email: dinesh.kansal56@gmail.com
Online published on 3 January, 2019. Abstract Objectives Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of drug resistant tuberculosis patients at the start of treatment under PMDT regime. Materials and Methods This observational study was conducted on a cohort of 172 drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients at the time of registration under PMDT regime. Patients who started their treatment between January 2016 and December 2016 were included in the study after approval from IEC. A validated WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used for interviewing the patients. This questionnaire assesses HRQoL on 0–100 transforming scale in four domains-Physical, Psychological, Social relationship and Environmental. Results Out of 172 participants, 50 (29.1%) were females and 122(70.9%) were males. Their mean age±SD was 40.23±17;15.77 years. 77.9% participants were married. 97.7% of them were residing in rural areas. Most of the participants were from district Mandi (33.1%) and Kangra (20.9%). Scores of Physical domain were 39.76±13.88; Psychological domain were 37.23±14.89; Social relationship domain were 43.28±13.48 and Environment domain were 50.66±9.13. Overall HRQoL scores were 42.73±10.11. Conclusion Chronic diseases like tuberculosis affect all domains of HRQoL and there is need to consider HRQoL domains of patients of DR-TB along with smear positivity and mortality to evaluate the success of any national heath programme. Top Keywords Drug resistant tuberculosis, Health related quality of life, WHO-QOL BREF. Top |