ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS ATTENDING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY CENTRE IN AN URBAN AREA.
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 7
Abstract
Aims and objectives: 1) To study socio-demographic prole of people living with HIV/ AIDS. 2) To assess their quality of life. Material & methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted on 319 subjects and Quality of life was assessed using WHO –Bref questionnaire & analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Majority were females (52%) & 40.8% subjects belonged to 35-45 yrs age group. 80.88% were literate, 75.9% were married and 65.83% belonged to socio-economic class- II. 52.98% subjects had CD4 <300.The QOL score was highest for social domain (3.25±0.53). Male reported poor QOL in different domains & statistically signicant result was obtained in General facet. Conclusions: QOL score was highest for social domain. Male reported poor QOL in different domains
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Dr. Pradnya Jadhav, Dr. Payal Laad, Dr R. M. Chaturvedi
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