Evaluar la calidad de vida y manejo de las emociones relacionado con la salud en los pacientes con tuberculosis pulmonar.

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2020, 9.9 million people worldwide were registered with tuberculosis (TB), including 5.5 million men, 3.3 million women, and 1.1 million infants. This thesis aims to assess the quality of life and healthrelated emotional management in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). For this purpose, a methodology based on a documentary review of records and reports from reliable sources, including the WHO and the Ministry of Public Health (MSP for its Spanish acronym) was used. In addition, papers from internationally indexed databases (SCOPUS, Scielo, ScienceDirect, among others) were utilized. The results found that the relevant risk factors related to this condition correspond to body weight (73% of cases), nutritional factors (30% of cases), alcoholism and smoking at 50.53% and 55.85%, respectively. In the emotional status, patients with PTB are associated with conditions such as anxiety, depression, psychological support, alcoholism, emotional problems, energy/fatigue, among others. The prevalence in patients with PTB in countries such as China, Colombia, Ecuador, Russia, and India is given by the average age of 50 years for men, while in women little less than 49 years. Regarding gender, there is no defined prevalence, but it varies from 50 to 67% in males and between 30 and 50% in females.