Quality of life and related factors among family members of tuberculosis patients / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To understand the quality of life and related factors among family members of tuberculosis patients and provide a reference for the improvement of their quality of life.@*METHODS@#A total of 222 family members of tuberculosis patients at 4 tuberculosis hospitals in Changsha and 327 healthy controls were surveyed with structured questionnaire, the short version of the WHO quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF).@*RESULTS@#The mean score of the family members of tuberculosis patients in the psychological domain, physical domain and environmental domains was lower than that of the control group (P<0.01). Multiple linear regression showed that gender, age, monthly income, educational level, patient condition and knowledge of tuberculosis prevention and treatment were the factors affecting their quality of life.@*CONCLUSION@#The quality of life of the family members of tuberculosis patients is lower than that of the control group.