Issue: 2012, Vol. 17, No. 1

Chushkin М. И., Makarova Н. В., Mandrykin Ю. В., Yartsev С. С.

EXTERNAL RESPIRATION FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH POSTTUВERCULOSIS ALTERATIONS IN LUNGS

Keywords

quality of life, St. George hospital questionnaire, posttuberculosis alterations, extemal respiration function

Abstarct

82 patients aged more than 60 years with posttuberculosis changes were examined by spirometry and bodyplethysmography. It was revealed that obstructive disorders of extemal respiration function occured in 40,2% patients, restrictive ones - in 18,3% patients, combined disorders - in 8,5% patients; normal indices were detected in 32,9% patients only. Quality of life was studied bу St. George hospital questionnaire and San Diego University dyspnea questionnaire. Аll indices of the quality of life in elderly patients with posttuberculosis alterations were considerably lowered in comparison with healthy persons.