Open AccessSocial Support and Depression Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Anhui, China
Author(s) -
Xue-Hui Fang,
Qian Wu,
ShaSha Tao,
Zhiwei Xu,
Yanfeng Zou,
Ding Ma,
HaiFeng Pan,
Wenbiao Hu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s356160
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , social support , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , mental health , disease , rating scale , china , cross sectional study , stratified sampling , environmental health , psychiatry , demography , pathology , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , law , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis affecting multiple tissues and organs. It is one of the leading causes of death and is a social disease in China. Increasing studies have revealed that the state of mental health and the social support are associated with the morbidity, mortality and community transmission of pulmonary TB patients. However, the previous global TB control and research strategy focused almost solely on the biomedical aspects. Therefore, in this study, we evaluated the level of depression and explored potential factors, including social support domains and socio-demographic characteristics in pulmonary TB patients to research the mental health state and the association between social support and pulmonary TB, ultimately implementing a multilevel intervene.