title: Improvement in quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a prospective study.
abstract: A cohort of 50 newly diagnosed patients with pulmonary tuberculosis was prospectively studied and compared with controls to assess and quantify their quality of life using the World Health Organization's (WHO) Quality of Life (QOL)-BREF score before and after a Directly Observed Therapy Short (DOTS) course. It was concluded that health-related quality of life is impaired by tuberculosis and shows significant improvement with the DOTS treatment.
authors.affiliation: 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College and Jayarogya Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: 2 Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Gajra Raja Medical College and Jayarogya Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: 3 Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College and Jayarogya Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kamlesh Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tiwari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: Directly Observed Therapy Short (DOTS); Tuberculosis; WHO QOL BREF