The Assessment Of Patients’ Health Related Quality Of Life During The Course Of Tuberculosis Treatment In Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

high co-variability, when r ≥ 0.7, for regression analysis. The results of simple linear regression indicated that education status accounted for the greatest variance of the FACIT-TB total score, when the variance explained by all other variables in the model is controlled for (Beta = 0.325, P < 0.001), followed by financial status and smoking status. ConClusions: Our results confirmed that poor educational and financial statuses as well as being smokers are independent determinant of poor HRQL of PTB patients in Iraq.