Table 6.

Studies reporting possible interventions for preventing post-tuberculosis mental health disorders impairment and their main findings.

First author (year of publication), country, and study design	Mental health disorder	Category of intervention	Included interventions	Number of participants	Main findings
Li X (2019), China, RCT	Depression and anxiety	Comprehensive interventions	Comprehensive interventions (health education, psychotherapy, home visits, peer support, and psycho-educational workshops)	183	Comprehensive interventions could alleviate the anxiety and depression of elderly tuberculosis patients sustainably and effectively.
Xu Z (2021), China, RCT	Depression and anxiety	Comprehensive interventions	Comprehensive nursing intervention combined with respiratory functional exercises	150	Comprehensive nursing intervention combined with respiratory functional exercises can significantly improve the pulmonary function, self-care ability, and quality of life of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, with obvious clinical efficacy
Orooj M (2023), India, RCT	Mental health	Pulmonary rehabilitation program	Pulmonary rehabilitation program (comprised of supervised endurance and resistance training, breathing techniques, self-management strategies, and patient education)	90	A short-term pulmonary rehabilitation program enhances TB patient functional capacity, HRQoL, and dyspneal scores.
Zuo X (2022), China, RCT	Depression and anxiety	Cognitive-behavioral therapy	Cognitive-behavioral therapy for two months. The intervention group underwent CBT for 2 months, whereas the control group received routine follow-up	45	CBT can relieve anxiety, and depression symptoms and increase the quality of life in subjects with pulmonary tuberculosis.