Issue №4-92, 2019

Rеlation between sanatorium rehabilitation and qualiti of life in adolescents with tuberculosis



1 Lozovskaya M.E.,, 1 Osipova M.A., 1 Suslova G.A., 2 Karasev G.G., 2 Vlasova E.Y.

1 Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2 Pushkinsky Pediatric Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Saint-Petersburg, Russia


ABSTRACT

The article presents observation of 137 children of 13–17 years, suffering from tuberculosis and infected with MBT, patientsof Pushkinsky children TB sanatorium. We investigated the initial level of quality of life (QL) of patients before thesanatorium treatment and the changes immediately after the end of therapy with the help of a questionnaire PedsQL (version4.0). Quality of life of 86childrenwasevaluatedin process оf usual program of rehabilitation. The analysis of the dynamicsof the quality of life was performed in different age groups, gender and functioning scales. Lower final data of QL at girls incomparison with boys, lower basic and final data of QL at teenagers of 15–17 years in comparison with children of 13–14 yearswere revealed. Emotional and social aspects suffered the most in 13–17 years old children in need of rehabilitation.The personified program of rehabilitation on the basis of the quality of life has been carried out to 51 patients. It wasfound that use of the personified program of rehabilitation allows to increase quality of life of teenagers during sanatoriumtreatment.Repeated questioning can be an important criterion for evaluating of effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation.


KEYWORDS: tuberculosis, infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis, children, adolescents, quality of life, questionnaire, functioning scales, medical complex rehabilitation, sanatorium.



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