ABSTRACT

A study was conducted on 100 patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis receiving Directly observed therapies in selected DOTs Center Waghodia Taluka, Vadodara, Gujarat. The objective of the study was to assess the Quality-of-Life patients with pulmonary tuberculosis receiving DOTs therapy, to assess the Coping Strategies of patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis receiving DOTs therapy, the Co-relationship between Quality of Life and Coping Strategies of patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis receiving DOTs therapy and find out the association between Quality of Life and Coping Strategies with selected demographic data. Descriptive survey method design chosen for conducting this study. The data was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study showed that the quality of life of majority of the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis receiving DOTs therapy good to fair, with an average mean and SD of 58.76±10.36 and majority 72% of patients had good coping, 19% of patients had very good coping and 9% of patients had average coping with obtained minimum score of 20 and maximum score of 49 with score range of 29 and an average mean score of 34.22 and SD=6.227. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, quality of life, coping strategies
Publication date: 01/09/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.9.6371