Adeyeye Olufunke O, Ogunleye Olayinka O, Coker Ayodele, Kuyinu Yetunde, Bamisile Raymond T, Ekrikpo Udeme, Onadeko Babatunde
Department of Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital , Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; Department of Pharmacology, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
J Public Health Afr. 2014 Dec 18;5(2):366. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2014.366. eCollection 2014 Jun 29.
There is paucity of information on the quality of life of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Nigeria. This study assessed the factors influencing their quality of life and the independent predictors of low quality of life scores. Two hundred and sixty consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital were evaluated for health related quality of life using the World Health Organization Quality of life instrument (WHOQoL-BREF). Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were related to the various domains of quality of life and a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the independent predictors of low quality of life scores in the patients. The mean age of the patients was 36.7±12 years. Sex, age and marital status of patients were found to influence quality of life scores. The independent predictors of low quality of life scores were low monthly income, duration of the illness, concomitant illnesses, unemployment, advancing age and male gender. Several socio demographic and economic factors influenced the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis and are predictive of poor scores. It is important to consider these factors when treating patients with tuberculosis to optimise outcome of care.
关于尼日利亚肺结核患者生活质量的信息匮乏。本研究评估了影响其生活质量的因素以及生活质量得分低的独立预测因素。对在拉各斯大学教学医院连续就诊的260例肺结核患者，使用世界卫生组织生活质量评估工具（WHOQoL-BREF）对其健康相关生活质量进行评估。将患者的社会人口学特征与生活质量的各个领域相关联，并进行多因素逻辑回归分析，以确定患者生活质量得分低的独立预测因素。患者的平均年龄为36.7±12岁。发现患者的性别、年龄和婚姻状况会影响生活质量得分。生活质量得分低的独立预测因素为月收入低、病程、合并症、失业、年龄增长和男性。若干社会人口学和经济因素影响了肺结核患者的生活质量，并可预测得分较低。在治疗肺结核患者时考虑这些因素对于优化护理结果很重要。
