IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Soma Saren; Debarchana Mandal

Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2019

OCCURRENCE OF MULTI DRUG RESISTANCE TUBERCULOSIS (MDR– TB) AND ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF MDR– TB PATIENTS IN SELECTED OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT (OPD), KOLKATA

Soma Saren, Debarchana Mandal

Abstract :

According to the Global TB report 2017 released by WHO, India has topped list of countries, accounting for 64% of the over 10 million new tuberculosis(TB) cases worldwide in year 2016. A descriptive study was conducted to find out the Occurrence of Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR– TB) and assessment of Quality Of Life (QOL) of MDR– TB patients in selected Out Patient Department(OPD), Kolkata with the objectives to find out the occurrence of MDR– TB and to assess the QOL of MDR – TB patients. The conceptual framework was based on Sr. Callista Roy‘ adaptation model. The non probability convenience sampling technique was adopted to select 60 MDR– TB patients. A record analysis proforma, a semi structured interview schedule and WHOQOL – BREF scale were used to collect the data. The study findings revealed that the occurrence of MDR– TB was 9.01% in selected OPD, Kolkata. The findings also showed that the MDR– TB patients had maximum QOL in social domain (mean% of 91.03) and had minimum QOL in psychological domain (mean% 50.17) followed by physical domain (mean% 77.13) and environmental domain (mean% 70.72) respectively. The study has several implications in nursing education, practice, administration and research. The study was concluded with the recommendation for conducting with larger samples for better generalization of study findings and a comparative study between QOL of MDR– TB patients and pulmonary TB patients.