Evaluation Of Treatment Outcome, Health-Related Quality Of Life And Cost Of Treatment In Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients
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Date
2014-01
Authors
Atif, Muhammad
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Despite the effective therapy, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the major
causes of adult morbidity and mortality. Available data show that the burden of TB
is slowly increasing in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted with an
objective to evaluate the management of new smear positive pulmonary TB (PTB)
patients. This management included clinical, health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
and economic standpoints at the chest clinic of Hospital Pulau Pinang (HPP),
Malaysia.
In the first part of this prospective follow-up study, all new smear positive PTB
patients who were registered at the chest clinic of HPP, between March 2010 and
February 2011, were evaluated for the outcome of their TB treatment. In the second
part, new smear positive PTB patients and their family caregivers were invited to
self-complete the Short-Form 36 version 2 (SF-36v2) HRQoL questionnaire, while
the third part is an incidence-based economic study. The total cost of TB treatment
was estimated from the perspective of both provider and patient using appropriate
methods.
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Keywords
Cost Of Treatment , Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis