[The medical social characteristics of patients with joint tuberculosis and HIV-infection].
The survey of 335 patients with joint tuberculosis and HIV-infection was carried out to establish the main medical social characteristics of the given category of patients. The sample consisted of persons characterized by of able-bodied age, education of not high level, no profession or occupied in entry-level professions, low or unstable level of income and having no family and children. The distinctive characteristic of patients with joint tuberculosis and HIV-infection is high prevalence of alcohol and drugs abuse. The concurrence of both alcohol and drug dependence was established in every one often respondent. The survey revealed very low level of medical activity of respondents. Almost half of the respondents were never examined on the subject of tuberculosis in the AIDS Center Only one third of respondents undergo the preventive fluorography timely.
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Novoselov
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult