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
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Pradnya Jadhav, Dr. Payal Laad, Dr R. M. Chaturvedi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP452803
- DOI -
- Views 30
- Downloads 0
DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONS OF GALL BLADDER- A CADAVERIC STUDY
Introduction- The Gall Bladder (GB) is a hollow viscus sac, situated in a fossa in the right hepatic lobe inferior surface. It extends from the right end of porta hepatis to the inferior border of liver. It is 7 - 10cm l...
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND COGNITIVE INSIGHT IN PATIENTS OF TREATMENT RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA
Objectives -It has been estimated that 20-50% patients with Schizophrenia can develop treatment resistance. Treatment resistance is associated with increased morbidity in these patients and it also increases the burden f...
MID ARM SWELLING : A CASE REPORT OF ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN A 38 YEAR OLD MALE RESIDING AT TRIBAL AREA OF MAHARASHTRA
Bancroftian Filariasis is a tropical and subtropical disease caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by the Culex mosquitoes. The diagnosis of it is conventionally made by demonstrating microlariae in the periphe...
MINIMAL INVASIVE PROCEDURE FOR HAEMORRHOIDS (MIPH) VERSUS OPEN HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY:A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.
METHODS:Prospective Comparative Study conducted on 60 patients at Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad. 30 patients underwent Longo technique of MIPH and rest 30 underwent Milligan Morgan technique of Open hae...
PERCEPTION AND KNOWLEDGE OF VAGINAL DISCHARGE AMONG WOMEN IN RURAL SETTING IN ALIGARH
The complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge is very common.An excessive degree of vaginal secretion is not necessarily pathologically infected, but could be hormonal. The aim of this study was to nd out the perception a...