Abstract:

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease that seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Truly and accurately reflecting the quality of life of pulmonary tuberculosis patients is an important means to evaluate the clinical efficacy of pulmonary tuberculosis. Through reviewing relevant literatures, the current quality of life scale for pulmonary tuberculosis patients is divided into two categories, including the universal scale and the specific scale for tuberculosis patients. The universal scale mainly includes 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-100), Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90), Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) Scale, European Five-dimensional Health Scale (EuroQol, EQ-5 d), Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler-10, K-10). The specific scale for tuberculosis patients mainly includes Health Behavior Scale of Tuberculosis (HBSOT), Quality of Life Assessment Tools (QLI-TB), DR-12 Scale, and Quality of Life Instruments for Chronic Disease-Pulmonary Tuberculosis Scale (QLICD-PT). The specific scales for tuberculosis patients are introduced in this paper. Some comments and suggestions are proposed to better realize clinical application and evaluation.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Quality of life, Sickness impact profile, Comment, Scales