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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2024, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (4): 364-369.doi: 10.19983/j.issn.2096-8493.2024080

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Research progress on influencing factors and intervention strategies of stigma in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Zhao Jun1(), Yang Hongyu2, Kang Xiong2   

  1. 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care, Pulmonary Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University (Taiyuan Fourth People’s Hospital), Taiyuan 030053, China
    2Department of Nursing,Pulmonary Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University (Taiyuan Fourth People’s Hospital), Taiyuan 030053, China
  • Received:2024-04-28 Online:2024-08-20 Published:2024-08-13
  • Contact: Zhao Jun E-mail:jun200610@163.com

Abstract:

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a chronic respiratory infectious disease that seriously threatens people’s health due to its long course of disease, strong contagiosity and high mortality. Pulmonary tuberculosis patients generally have different degrees of stigma which could make different degrees of impact on patients’ compliance behavior, disease outcome, mental state, quality of life and so on. The authors reviews the research status, assessment tools, influencing factors and intervention strategies of stigma in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at home and abroad, in order to provide a reference for clinical intervention of stigma in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Prejudice, Intervention studies, Review literature as topic

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