Psychosocial dysfunction in tuberculosis patients.
Tuberculosis continues to be a major health problem in India. It carries social stigma and results in adverse psychological sequelae. In the present study, 50 patients suffering from tuberculosis were examined. There was higher degree of neuroticism and the patients with tuberculosis showed marked to severe psychosocial dysfunctioning in personal, familial, vocational, social and cognitive areas.
Bhatia
M S
MS
Department of Psychiatry and PSM, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Behadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110 095.
Bhasin
S K
SK
Dubey
K K
KK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011584:Psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*