[Awareness of patients of tuberculosis dispensaries and their attitude to therapeutical process].
The awareness of tuberculosis was studied among patients of tuberculosis dispensaries. A survey indicated that as high as 2.3% of the patients with tuberculosis gave right answers to all the questions of a questionnaire. 61.8% of the respondents answered the bulk of the questions. The latter can be arbitrarily considered to be aware of their disease. The persons who are unaware of tuberculosis are more commonly males with a below-secondary educational level, patients above 50 years, the unemployed, and low class. More than half of such patients are not sure that they will be able to recover, which makes them refuse treating. Better awareness can enhance the results of treatment and the outcomes of the disease.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012426:Russia; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000628:therapy