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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2010, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 709-713.

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Survey and analysis on psychological and social support needs of 433 pulmonary tuberculosis patients among the floating population

Li Jun; Li Weibin; Liu Xiaoqiu; Li Xue; Zhang Hui; Jiang Shiwen   

  1. (National Center for TB Control and Prevention; China Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Beijing 102206; China);
  • Online:2010-11-15 Published:2011-08-23

Abstract: Objective To investigate the psychological and social support needs of pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) patients among the floating population,and to serve as the foundation for providing the corresponding psychological and social support.Methods A questionnaire was adopted in the survey.Among the 433 PTB participants,information on their general demographic characteristics,psychological and social support needs were collected.Results The PTB patients among the floating population who were afraid of their diseas...

Key words:  tuberculosis, pulmonary/psychology, social support, questionaires