["Phthisia-School": a complex action system for a patient with tuberculosis].

To make the outcomes of treatment in patients with tuberculosis better, a complex action system has been developed, by using the data obtained from studies of the clinical, psychological, and social characteristics. Four hundred and sixty four patients (211 new cases of tuberculosis and 253 with fibrocavernous tuberculosis) were examined. The examination was comprehensive and involved a package of psychological tests and a special questionnaire survey. Analysis of the results of the study made it possible to develop a complex action system for a patient with tuberculosis, which was called the "Phthisia-School". It includes the provision of positive information, regulated drug therapy, and a corrective package aimed at altering the patient's attitude towards to his/her disease, intent-to-treat development, enhancing systemic and psychological adaptation. There was a statistically significant increase in the efficiency of treatment, a tendency towards harmonization of the type of the patient's attitude towards his/her disease, a change in this attitude, treatment, personal hygiene rules, untraditional treatments, an increase in the discipline of treatment and confidence in good prognosis.