Influencing Factors On The Quality Of Life Of Tuberculosis Patients

Abstract

Improvement in quality of live has become a focus for the management of chronic disease including Tuberculosis disease. The aim the present study was to investigate factors influencing the quality of life patients with Tuberculosis. Fourty patients were recruit from patient with Tuberculosis were administrated in the pulmonary ward and visiting to pulmonary clinic Arifin Achmad Government Hospital Pekanbaru. World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) to assess quality of life status, self-efficacy questioner and self care family questioner. All data were analyzed using chi square. The all of participant were active Tuberculosis. The mean age was 47.2 years and 72% were male. The mean score of the total quality of life was 54.97, while 47.80 was for physical, 59.26 for social, and 59.51 for psychological domains, which showed a higher impairment physical health. In subscale, the mean score of quality of life was lower on lack of family support. The amount of self efficacy of the majority of patients were moderate (41.6%) and it was related to age, job, and level education. There was significantly self-efficacy and self care family influence quality of life on TB patients (p<0.001/ p<0.01). Patients with TB have impaired quality of life on physical health compared with psychological and social health because of symptoms and limitation on physical activities. Hence physical health, self-efficacy and self care family can influence the of quality of life need to be considered while planning intervention to improve the quality of life of patients with TB.