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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 106-110.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.01.023

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The progress and evaluation of quality of life for tuberculosis patients

Wan-qiu CHENG,Yue-ying CUI,Xiao-wan. WANG()   

  1. *School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College, the Center of Inspection and Supervision, National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2017-09-25 Online:2018-01-10 Published:2018-03-14
  • Contact: Wan-qiu CHENG E-mail:xiaowan@imicams.ac.cn;xiaowan@imicams.ac.cn

Abstract:

As a chronic infectious disease, tuberculosis is a world-wide problem of public health for global concern. Although the effect of clinical treatment of anti-tuberculosis drugs is significant, except for the improvement of clinical symptoms, psychological and social status has become more and more important, along with the improvement of clinical concept. Therefore, the studies of quality of life for tuberculosis patients increase rapidly. Through the literature research about the quality of life assessment for tuberculosis patients, this paper is to understand the latest research status, concept definition, measurement scale and self-made scale of the situation, and to provide theoretical basis for the relevant research.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Quality of life, Evaluation studies, Review