Quality of life of AIDS patients following Chinese traditional medicine plus HIV treatment regular drug / 中国综合临床

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate and evaluate the improvement of the quality of life of pulmonary infection in AIDS patients treated by Chinese traditional treatment combined Western medicines treatment.Methods Sixty cases with HIV infection combined with pulmonary infection were selected as our subjects.They were randomly divided into two groups and each group was 30 cases.Patients in western medicine group were given medicine plus placebo,and in Chinese medicine group were given west medicine combined with traditional Chinese medicine.Patients hospitalized for 4 weeks.WHO QOL-HIV plus AIDS-related quality of life scale were used to collect the information about quality of life.Results There were no significant difference between two groups in terms of quality of life,life activity,health status,sleep status,ability to work,leisure opportunities scores at before treatment (P ＞ 0.05).After treatment,the score of quality of life,life activity,health status,sleep status,ability to work,leisure opportunities in patients of Chinese group were (3.78 ± 0.69),(3.55 ± 0.67),(3.55 ± 0.67),(3.18 ± 0.72),(3.66 ± 0.70),(3.03 ± 0.73) respectively,higher than that of western medicine group ((2.90 ± 0.77),(2.75 ± 0.85),(2.75 ± 0.85),(2.85 ± 0.68),(3.35 ± 0.57),(2.95 ± 0.85) respectively,t =-2.791,-2.791,-4.28,-3.08,-4.08,-2.56,P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences between the two groups in the terms of the score of satisfaction,sex ability,HIV impaction on the body,the meaning of life,the energy aspects of patients at before treatment (P ＞ 0.05),but after treatment,these scores in Chinese medicine group were higher that in the control group ((3.51 ± 0.67) vs.(2.93 ±0.71),(3.13±0.46) vs.(2.86±0.74),(3.96±0.71) vs.(3.45 ±0.98),(3.66±0.72) vs.(3.23 ± 0.88),(3.23 ± 0.67) vs.(2.90 ± 0.65)),and the differences were statistically significant (t =-4.38,-2.34,-3.75,-2.76,-2.38,P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the term of the mental effect of HIV within groups at before treatment,but after treatment,the score in Chinese group was lower than the Western group ((3.05 ± 0.90) vs.(3.46 ± 0.87),t =2.31,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Chinese medicine combined western medicine can significant improve the quality of life of HIV patients with pulmonary infection.