A study of Quality of Life in Patients of HIV /AIDS Undergoing Anti-retroviral Therapy in Rajindra Hospital Patiala, Punjab
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: HIV infection interferes with the immune system and increases the susceptibility of patient to many opportunistic infections. The anti-retroviral therapy (ART) that is given for the treatment of HIV infection is not curative, but it increases the life expectancy of the patient by preventing complications. However antiretroviral drugs are expensive and have adverse drug reactions of their own. Methods: The study involves 300 HIV/AIDS patients, 153females and 147 males, undergoing anti-retroviral therapy in ART center in Rajindra Hospital Patiala. In this study patients undergoing ART were given questionnaire to evaluate their quality of life using WHOQOL- BREF1 (Punjabi / English) instrument. Result :It is observed that the HIV/ AIDS patients reporting to Rajindra hospital, ART center undergoing ART have reduced quality of life as seen on WHOQOL-BREF scale. 1Patients undergoing ART were found to have lowest WHOQOL-BREF, 0-100 transformed scores in Environment domain followed by Physical health. Patient had highest score in Social relationships. Conclusion : This study shows that even though life expectancy of a patient undergoing ART has increased with lesser opportunistic infections but still the HIV/ AIDS patients have reduced quality of life. 2Even with the highest WHOQOLscores in social relationships depicting social support people living in Patiala district with HIV positive status still shows lower scores in environmental domain. This shows that even with adequate social support people living with HIV positive state face environmental issues like finances, security, safety, recreation, health care accessibility and their freedom. Low scoring in physical domain after environment also signifies that even though life span of HIV/AIDS patient undergoing antiretroviral therapy increases, it doesn’t necessarily ease their physical pain and discomfort.
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Jasbir Singh, Anupinder Thind, Ruchika Irene Dillu, Avnish Kumar
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