Attitudes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis toward their disease and their correction during treatment

One of the main reasons of insufficient efficiency of treatment of fresh forms of pulmonary tuberculosis and their subsequent outcome in fibrotic cavernous processes is premature discharge of patients from the hospital. According to V. D. Chernetsky, in 62.8% of cases it happens in the first 3 months, and in 49.3% of them - in the first month. Premature discharge is often caused by mental changes and concomitant chronic alcoholism which affect the attitude towards the disease. Studies of attitudes towards illness in pulmonary tuberculosis patients have been conducted mainly in the pre-treatment period and have been mostly descriptive in nature. At present, there is a disproportion between the level of somatic examination of a patient and the completeness of study of the patient as a personality.