Economic And Social Impact Of Tuberculosis On Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) In Pakistan:
Muhammad Aamir Mahmood
Qamar Ali
Rakhshanda Kousar
Abstract
Purpose: The one of the rising issues of developing countries is tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is the second number of the disease which is causing the lots of deaths in Pakistan. According to World Health Organization, approximately 500,000 people have been diagnosed tuberculosis in 2014. The detection rate of tuberculosis is very low in Pakistan. The purpose of the study is to explore the factors (associated with HRQOL) are affected by the tuberculosis and what are the chances of getting the tuberculosis disease under those factors.
Design: Samples selected are 134 for case group and 134 samples are selected for the control group by using simple random sampling without replacement (SRSWOR) from the tuberculosis ward at the Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore.
Analysis: It is found from the logistic regression model that age, gender, employment status, physical health, psychological health and living in the same with the tuberculosis patients are the factors which are affected by the tuberculosis disease. It is found from the odds ratio test that males have a high risk estimate 11.24 times of tuberculosis as compared to females, Unemployed people have a high risk estimate 0.01 times of tuberculosis as compared to employed people, the people who are living in the same house with tuberculosis patients have more chance of getting the tuberculosis 0.03 times as compared to others. It is found that model is significant using omnibus model.
Conclusion: It is found from the logistic regression analysis that age, gender, employment status, physical health, psychological health and living in the same house with the tuberculosis patients are the significant factors which are affected by tuberculosis disease.