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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 13 2021 | None
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
B. PRASAD BABU
Pages: 2507-2512
Abstract
The present study was conducted to examine the psychological wellbeing among tuberculosis patients. The study was intentionally done on newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients since the follow up of patients to the hospital is not encouraging. The study was conducted on a sample of 182 newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients, among them 130 patients were males and 52 were females. They were administered Wellbeing questionnaire to measure anxiety, depression and energy. The treatment supporters who came along with the patients were administered a schedule to examine the type of support they would provide to the patient. The results indicate that younger patients as compared to their older counterparts experienced more depression and anxiety. There was no significant influence of gender on well-being. With regard to availability of treatment supporter, it is found that patients without treatment supporter had higher levels of anxiety. Significant interaction of the gender of the patient and availability of treatment supporter was obtained. Female patients without treatment supporter reported higher levels of depression, anxiety and low total general well-being.
Keywords
behaviour, depression, patients, psychology, research, significant, well-being
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