Effects of comorbidities on quality of life in Filipino people with tuberculosis

Background: Due to limited existing data, we investigated health-related quality of life HrQoL in Filipino persons undergoing TB treatment, and if it is negatively impacted by co-morbidity with undernutrition, diabetes and anaemia. Methods: Adult participants were enrolled in public facilities in Metro Manila (3 sites) and Negros Occidental (2 sites). Multivariate linear regression was used to model the four correlated domain scores from the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (physical, psychological, social, environmental). A forward-stepwise approach was used to select a final multivariable model with inclusion based on global tests of significance with p