Perceptions of tuberculosis patients about their physical, mental and social well-being: a field report from south India

Rajeswari, R.; Muniyandi, Malaisamy; Balasubramanian, Ravikumar; Narayanan, P R

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.024

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“…The data was based on comparative studies of TB population from China , two from Malaysia [18,23], five from India [14,15,29,[35][36][37][38], four from Canada [5,24,25,30] one form each UK [17] Pakistan [35], Spain [36] Taiwan [28] South Africa [37] and Turkey [39]. Among the selected articles fourteen studies were cross sectional [5,14,26,27,30,33,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40] and sixteen were prospective cohort based studies [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]29,31,32,41]. An article published by Chamla et al …”

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“…Generic instrument measures were used in 10 studies with different language versions of SF-36 [5,[16][17][18][19][20]24,25,38,40,41]. SF-36 is a generic health outcomes measure consisting of 36 items aggregated into eight sub-scales of PF (physical functioning), RP (role physical), BP (body pain), GH (general health), VT (vitality), SF (social functioning), RE (role emotion) and MH (mental health) [43].…”

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Health Status and Quality of Life in Tuberculosis: Systematic Review of Study Design, Instruments, Measuring Properties and Outcomes

Khan¹,

Tangiisuran²,

Imtiaz³

et al. 2017

Health Sci J

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Health Status and Quality of Life in Tuberculosis: Systematic Review of Study Design, Instruments, Measuring Properties and Outcomes

Khan¹,

Tangiisuran²,

Imtiaz³

et al. 2017

Health Sci J

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“…Moreover, it has its economic and psychosocial implications in the developing world [9,17]. False positivity in PCR can be minimised by the adequate training of personnel in molecular methods and preventing laboratory-introduced contamination.…”

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The role of polymerase chain reaction in the management of osteoarticular tuberculosis

Pandey

Chawla

Acharya

et al. 2007

International Orthopaedics (SICOT)

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A dependable method for the rapid diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis has become increasingly important, as routine methods are neither very sensitive nor very specific. The objective of this study is to verify the reliability of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis and management of osteoarticular tuberculosis. This investigation was a prospective study conducted at the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Tissue samples of 74 patients suspected of osteoarticular tuberculosis were sent for PCR and histopathologic examination. Taking histopathology as the gold standard, PCR has a sensitivity of 73.07% and a specificity of 93.75% (with 95% confidence interval [CI] 62.97; 83.17).The positive agreement between histology and PCR was 0.693, indicating good agreement. PCR showed a sensitivity of 90% with spinal samples. It has a low false positivity of 13.63%. We conclude that conventional methods are neither sensitive nor specific enough and are also time consuming. PCR is an effective method for diagnosing tuberculosis and antitubercular treatment can be started if PCR is positive, since false-positive rates are very low.Résumé Une méthode pour le diagnostic rapide des tuberculoses osseuses articulaires voit sont importance augmenter par rapport aux méthodes de routine cependant très sensitives mais peu spécifiques. L'objectif de cette étude est de vérifier la fiabilité de la PCR (polymérase réaction en chaêne) diagnostic dans la conduite et le traitement des tuberculoses ostéo articulaires. Matériel et méthode: au cours d'une étude prospective conduite au Collège Médical Kasturba de Manipal Indes, les fragments tissulaires de 74 patients suspects de tuberculose ostéo articulaire ont été adressés, pour examen histopathologique et dosage PCR. Résultats: l'histopathologie reste le « gold standard », la PCR a une sensitivité de 73.07% et une spécificité de 93.75% (avec 95% d'intervalle de confiance CI 62.97; 83.17). La compatibilité entre histologie et la PCR est de 0.693, la PCR montre une sensitivité de 90% avec du tissu rachidien. Il existe des faux positifs (13.63%). Conclusion: les méthodes conventionnelles ne semblent ni sensitives ni spécifiques et demandent beaucoup de temps. La PCR est une méthode diagnostique de la tuberculose fiable et permet de suivre et de démarrer le traitement anti tuberculeux si la PCR est positive, les taux de faux positifs étant très bas.

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“…The interviewees in all the field surveys were randomly selected, and their educational and social backgrounds as well as on-site behaviours were proven to be representative (Yu and Kang, 2010). Considering that the pedestrians' social and behaviours may also influence their evaluation of soundscape, their social background (Table 2), for example gender, education level, age, occupation and income, as well as their behaviours before interviews were also assessed in the questionnaires (Rajeswari 2005).…”

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Effect of sound-related activities on human behaviours and acoustic comfort in urban open spaces

Meng

Kang

2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Human activities are important to landscape design and urban planning; however, the effect of sound-related activities on human behaviours and acoustic comfort has not been considered. The objective of this study is to explore how human behaviours and acoustic comfort in urban open spaces can be changed by sound-related activities. On-site measurements were performed at a case study site in Harbin, China, and an acoustic comfort survey was simultaneously conducted. In terms of effect of sound activities on human behaviours, music-related activities caused 5.1-21.5% of persons who pass by the area to stand and watch the activity, while there was a little effect on the number of persons who performed excises during the activity. Human activities generally have little effect on the behaviour of pedestrians when only 1 to 3 persons are involved in the activities, while a deep effect on the behaviour of pedestrians is noted when more than 6 persons are involved in the activities. In terms of effect of activities on acoustic comfort, music-related activities can increase the sound level from 10.8 to 16.4 dBA, while human activities such RS and PC can increase the sound level from 9.6 to 12.8 dBA; however, they lead to very different acoustic comfort. The acoustic comfort of persons can differ with activities, for example the acoustic comfort of persons who stand watch can increase by music-related activities, while the acoustic comfort of persons who sit and watch can decrease by human sound-related activities. Some sound-related activities can show opposite trend of acoustic comfort between visitors and citizens. Persons with higher income prefer music sound-related activities, while those with lower income prefer human sound-related activities.

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Perceptions of tuberculosis patients about their physical, mental and social well-being: a field report from south India

Cited by 150 publications

References 8 publications

Health Status and Quality of Life in Tuberculosis: Systematic Review of Study Design, Instruments, Measuring Properties and Outcomes

Health Status and Quality of Life in Tuberculosis: Systematic Review of Study Design, Instruments, Measuring Properties and Outcomes

The role of polymerase chain reaction in the management of osteoarticular tuberculosis

Effect of sound-related activities on human behaviours and acoustic comfort in urban open spaces

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