The impact of HIV/AIDS on the quality of life: a cross sectional study in north India.
Indian J Med Sci
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2006 Jan; 60(1): 3-12
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the impact of Human Deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) on the quality of life (QOL) on such patients in North India.DESIGN:
A cross sectional study.SETTING:
Outpatient setting and wards, Department of Medicine at a premier tertiary health care center, North India.PARTICIPANTS:
Sixty-eight consecutive HIV/AIDS patients attending Medicine out patient department and/or admitted to the wards of All India Institute of Medical Sciences were administered a structured questionnaire by the HIV nurse coordinator. QOL was evaluated using the WHOQOL-Bref (Hindi) instrument.ANALYSIS:
One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed to find out significant difference between the clinical categories and socio-demographic variables on QOL domains.RESULTS:
The overall QOL mean score on a scale of 0-100 was found to be 25.8. Similarly, on the scale of 0-100 the mean scores in the four domains of QOL in descending order were social (80.9); psychological (27.5); physical (17.7) and environmental domain (11.65). There was a significant difference of quality of life in the physical domain between asymptomatic patients (14.6) and patients with AIDS (10.43) defining illnesses (p< 0.001) and asymptomatic and early symptomatic (12) patients (p=0.014). QOL in the psychological domain was significantly poorer in early symptomatic (12.1) (p< 0.05) and AIDS patients (12.4) (p< 0.006) as compared to asymptomatic individuals (14.2). A significant difference in QOL scores in the psychological domain was observed with respect to the educational status (p< 0.037) and income of patients (p< 0.048). Significantly better QOL scores in the physical (p< 0.040) and environmental domain (p< 0.017) were present with respect to the occupation of the patients. Patients with family support had better QOL scores in environmental domain.CONCLUSIONS:
In our study, QOL is associated with education, income, occupation, family support and clinical categories of the patients.
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Qualidade de Vida
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Apoio Social
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Organização Mundial da Saúde
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Infecções por HIV
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Nível de Saúde
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Estudos Transversais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Med Sci
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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