Marashi T, Garg S, Gupta V K, Singh M M, Sinha Pragya, Dewan R, Ingle G K, Jiloha R C
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
J Commun Dis. 2009 Jun;41(2):101-8.
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.
根据全球艾滋病估计数据，2007年共有3300万[3030万 - 3610万]人感染艾滋病毒。世界第二人口大国印度正经历着高度多样化的艾滋病疫情，在一些地区疫情似乎稳定或有所下降，而在其他地区则以适度速度增长。艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的生活质量（QOL）正成为医疗保健总体评估和医疗机构管理的重要组成部分。它是艾滋病毒携带者和艾滋病患者管理效果的指标之一。本研究的目的是确定新德里艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的生活质量。采用目的抽样法从洛克·纳亚克医院的抗逆转录病毒治疗诊所（ART）中确定研究对象。使用世界卫生组织生活质量艾滋病问卷（WHOQOL-HIV）对180名患者进行了访谈。该问卷包括人口统计学数据、多项目量表以及身体、心理、独立程度、社会关系、环境和精神/宗教六个领域。研究对象年龄在20 - 56岁之间。所有研究对象的平均年龄为33.85 +/- 7.01岁，其中女性占34.4%。超过50%的研究对象接受的教育程度低于中学。除心理领域外，所有领域女性的得分均高于男性。六个领域的得分与总体生活质量得分之间以及各领域之间的相关性具有统计学意义。年轻人的生活质量较差，教育程度与生活质量的所有领域呈正相关。总体结果表明，在洛克·纳亚克医院就诊的艾滋病患者生活质量令人满意。
