FACTORS RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG THE TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER, BURIRAM PROVINCE

Abstract

This research is a cross-sectional analytical research to study factors related to the quality of life among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Thai-Cambodian border: Buriram. The sample in this study were TB patients who received treatment at the 3 districts border Thai-Cambodian hospital in Buriram Province. Between 1 March 2019 to 31 March 2020, consisting of 149 people. The data were analyzed to find relationships between various factors and quality of life by means of logistic regression analysis presents the size of the relationship as OR_adj, 95%CI and p-value.

The results showed that overall quality of life found that most of them have a moderate 81.88% and when analyzing the relationship between various factors and the quality of life. It was found that 17.45% of TB patients had good quality of life. Average score 91.11 +/- 6.60 points. When analyzing the relationship between each variable and the quality of life, it was found that factors related to the quality of life with statistical significance, namely occupation and income. When analyzing the relationships between various variables and the quality of life in many variables, it was found that factors related to the quality of with statistical significance is income. Therefore, people should be encouraged to have a career. And develop existing careers to increase revenue Which will result in better quality of life as well.