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Significant life events and pulmonary tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Mary D'Arcy ,
Petrina Keane  and
Luke Clancy
Mary D'Arcy
Affiliation:
Medical Officer, C.I.E. Group, 14-19 Crow Street, Dublin 2
Petrina Keane
Affiliation:
Consultant Psychiatrist, St. Loman's Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
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Abstract

The relationship between significant life events and pulmonary tuberculosis was studied with a view to ascertaining whether such events were more prevalent in patients with tuberculosis than in patients with other respiratory diseases. The study was carried out at Peamount Chest Hospital, Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Sixty-five patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 45 patients with non-tuberculous respiratory diseases were interviewed. We found that there was a significant increase in life events in patients with active tuberculosis when compared with non-tuberculous patients.

Keywords

Life EventSocial ClassPulmonary TuberculosisStress
Type
Original Articles
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 115 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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