Abstract
The objective of the study:to perform comparative assessment of life quality (LQ) associated with health of children and adolescents suffering from tuberculosis, both HIV negative and HIV positive.Subjects and methods. In 2017-2019, the cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted in Pediatric Department of Samarkand Regional TB Dispensary, the study was aimed to assess life quality associated with health in 70 children and adolescents at the age from 5 to 18 years old. 35 of them had tuberculosis and HIV infection (TB/HIV Group), 35 had tuberculosis and negative HIV status. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – PedsQL was used to assess the life quality.Conclusion. The combination of HIV infection and tuberculosis has a more pronounced effect on the physical and mental functioning of patients and worsens the life quality of children and adolescents to a greater extent than tuberculosis.
Highlights
Суммарная шкала подтвердила закономерность – у детей и подростков, больных туберкулезом, на фоне ВИЧ-инфекции имеется наиболее негативное влияние болезни на качества жизни (КЖ), статистически значимо отличающееся от такового у детей с ВИЧ-негативным статусом, больных туберкулезом
Динамика эпидемиологических показателей по туберкулезу в Омской области // Туб. и болезни легких. – 2015. – No 5. – С. 139-140
Summary
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – PedsQL was used to assess the life quality
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