title: [Quality of life and related factors among family members of tuberculosis patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the quality of life and related factors among family members of tuberculosis patients and provide a reference for the improvement of their quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 222 family members of tuberculosis patients at 4 tuberculosis hospitals in Changsha and 327 healthy controls were surveyed with structured questionnaire, the short version of the WHO quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean score of the family members of tuberculosis patients in the psychological domain, physical domain and environmental domains was lower than that of the control group (P<0.01). Multiple linear regression showed that gender, age, monthly income, educational level, patient condition and knowledge of tuberculosis prevention and treatment were the factors affecting their quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of life of the family members of tuberculosis patients is lower than that of the control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013,China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Furong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chuanrui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shengjie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lizhang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000523:psychology*