Assessment of Quality of Life among HIV Positive People Attending Tertiary Hospital of Delhi, India.
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2009-06
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As per global HIV/AIDS estimates, a total of 33 million [30.3 – 36.1 million]
People were living with HIV in 2007. The world's second-most populous
country, India, is experiencing a highly varied HIV epidemic, which
appears to be stable or diminishing in some parts while growing at a
modest rate in others.
Quality of life (QOL) of HIV/AIDS patients is becoming an important
component of overall assessment of health care and management in health
care settings. It is one of the indicators effectiveness of management of
PLHAS . The objective of this study was to determine the QOL of patients
with HIV/AIDS in New Delhi.
Purposive sampling was used to identify subjects from the
antiretroviral therapy clinic (ART) in Lok Nayak hospital. 180 patients
were interviewed with the WHOQOL-HIV instrument. This
questionnaire included demographic data, multi-item scales and six
domains namely physical, psychological, level of independence, social
relationships, environment and spirituality religion.
Study subjects were aged between 20-56 years. Mean age of all study
subjects was 33.85±7.01 years, comprising of 34.4 females. More than 50%
of the total subjects had received less than secondary school education. All
domains have higher scores for women than men except the psychological
domain. Correlation of scores of six domains with overall QOL score and
among individual domains was statistically significant. Younger people
showed poorer QOL and level of education correlated positively with all
domains of QOL.
Overall results indicate that quality of life of AIDS attending Lok
Nayak hospital is satisfactory.
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quality of life, HIV/AIDS
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Marashi T, Garg S, Gupta V K, Singh M M, Sinha Pragya, Dewan R, Ingle G K, Jiloha R C. Assessment of Quality of Life among HIV Positive People Attending Tertiary Hospital of Delhi, India. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2009 Jun; 41(2): 101-108.