HRQoL among PTB patients in Melaka
PTB, fatigue, Tuberculosis
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis has remained a major public health problem worldwide with increased morbidity and mortality. The results of the current study highlighted that PTB has significantly impacted most of the HRQoL domains among the patients. The same situation was found in Melaka. All of the HRQoL domain scores in PTB patients were lower than the norms of general Malaysian population [These results were a little bit different from some other studies, even with the same studied population; as BP domain, oppositely, was among the lowest baseline score in a study in Pakistan [In this study, in terms of the component summaries, the median for PCS was 43.58 and for MCS was 40.71. However, the findings in Uganda found out that the PCS and MCS were very much lower [Pulmonary tuberculosis can have an impact on social functioning (SF) due to social stigma associated with it. The results of the present study showed that social functioning domain was the mostly affected. Similar findings were reported in a study in Turkey [As for the role limitation due to Physical condition (RP) domain, the present study findings showed that majority of the PTB patients had limitation in doing their ‘vigorous’ activities. These findings were supported by a study conducted in Pakistan, China and Penang, Malaysia [Vitality in PTB patients reflects the feelings of having energy as compared to fatigue. The study results demonstrated that most PTB patients felt fatigued and had less energy during the illness. The findings were in line with a study in Tehran [