PSYCOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS, THE WAYS OF INCREASING THEIR MOTIVATION TO TREATMENT
The aim of the article was to study the factors decreasing the discipline of treating tuberculosis patients and the ways of increasing motivation to treatment. 244 tuberculosis patients were examined. Bek test and a special questionnaire were used. Statistic processing was made with the help of SPSS program, 12.0 version.
The results proved that tuberculosis patients suffer from depressions, the seriousness of which depend on the length of the disease. The research revealed the main factors that decrease the discipline of treatment.