Factors Affecting Tuberculosis Patients’ Quality of Life in Surabaya, Indonesia

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Table 1 The Explanation of the Domains from RAND 36-Item Health Survey

Domain	Explanation
General health	The evaluation of general health status
Pain	Presence of pain and its limitation due to pain
Social functioning	Limitation in social activities
Physical functioning	Limitation in daily activities
Role limitation due to physical health	Difficulties in doing daily activities due to physical health problem
Role limitation due to emotional problems	Difficulties in doing daily activities due to emotional problem
Energy	Loss energy or presence of fatigue
Emotional well-being	Presence of sad feeling or nervousness

Table 2 Respondent Characteristics

Characteristics	Category	n	%
Sex	Male	75	47.8
	Female	82	52.2
	Total	157	100
Age	Teenager (15–25 y)	37	23.6
	Young adult (26–35 y)	30	19.1
	Late adult (36–45 y)	35	22.3
	Early elderly (46–55 y)	25	15.9
	Middle elderly (56–65 y)	27	17.2
	Late elderly (>65 y)	3	1.9
	Total	157	100
Level of education	Elementary school	32	20.4
	Junior high school	26	16.6
	Senior high school	74	47.1
	Diploma and above	25	15.9
	Total	157	100
Comorbidity	Yes	57	36.3
	No	100	63.7
	Total	157	100
Mental distress	Probable case (score ≥ 8)	58	36.9
	Probable non-case (score ≤ 7)	99	63.1
	Total	157	100
Working Status	Yes	84	53.5
	No	73	46.5
	Total	157	100
Monthly income Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)	< 500,000	55	35.0
	500,000–1,000,000	21	13.4
	1,000,000–2,000,000	25	15.9
	2,000,000–3,000,000	34	21.7
	>3,000,000	22	14.0
	Total	157	100
Body mass index	Severe underweight	35	22.3
	Underweight	20	12.7
	Normal	87	55.4
	Overweight	6	3.8
	Severe Overweight	9	5.7
	Total	157	100

Table 3 Quality of Life of Patients with Tuberculosis

Dependent Variable	Domain	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Standard Deviation
Quality of life	General health	20	95	63.67	17.184
	Pain	0	100	55.22	29.019
	Social functioning	0	100	70.70	26.468
	Physical functioning	0	100	70.97	24.004
	Role limitation due to physical health	0	100	36.78	41.753
	Role limitation due to emotional problems	0	100	48.30	43.379
	Energy	10	90	59.60	18.322
	Emotional well-being	16	88	65.77	16.450

Table 4 P-Value of Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of TB Patients

Factors	Quality of Life (P-value)
	General Health	Pain	Social Functioning	Physical Functioning	Role Limitation due to Physical Health	Role Limitation due to Emotional Problems	Energy	Emotional Well-Being
Sex	0.406	0.248	0.426	0.181	0.346	0.297	0.427	0.097
Age	0.018*	0.551	0.262	0.093	0.227	0.306	0.403	0.238
Educational level	0.300	0.139	0.163	0.016*	0.120	0.020*	0.273	0.408
Comorbidity	0.029*	0.026*	0.161	0.012*	0.001*	0.024*	0.360	0.964
Mental distress	0.001*	0.001*	0.001*	0.001*	0.001*	0.004*	0.001*	0.001*
Working status	0.183	0.441	0.560	0.201	0.763	0.408	0.302	0.838
Monthly income	0.841	0.806	0.363	0.212	0.789	0.097	0.343	0.260
BMI	0.523	0.802	0.537	0.965	0.900	0.713	0.848	0.470

Note: *Significantly affects quality of life.