Gupta Mohit, Nanda Sanjiv, Kaushik Jaya Shankar
Department of Pediatrics, Pt B D Sharma Postgraduate Insititute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Correspondence to: Dr Sanjiv Nanda, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PT B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2013 Dec;50(12):1145-7. doi: 10.1007/s13312-013-0300-0. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
We conducted a case control study to compare the quality of life (QOL) in 40 cases of HIV infected children and 40 demographically matched controls with other chronic ailments at a referral hospital in Northern India. Quality of life among HIV infected children was significantly better in psychosocial (P=0.008), emotional (P=0.001) and school (P=0.039) functioning. Factors including age (P=0.07), gender (P=0.44), socioeconomic status (P=0.99), clinical (P=0.18) and immunological staging (P=-0.91) of HIV infection did not significantly influence QOL scores. Hence, quality of life in HIV infected children of North India was better than those suffering from other childhood chronic illness.
我们进行了一项病例对照研究，以比较印度北部一家转诊医院中40例感染艾滋病毒儿童与40例在人口统计学上匹配的患有其他慢性疾病的对照儿童的生活质量（QOL）。感染艾滋病毒儿童的生活质量在心理社会功能（P = 0.008）、情绪功能（P = 0.001）和学校功能（P = 0.039）方面明显更好。艾滋病毒感染的年龄（P = 0.07）、性别（P = 0.44）、社会经济地位（P = 0.99）、临床分期（P = 0.18）和免疫分期（P = -0.91）等因素对生活质量评分没有显著影响。因此，印度北部感染艾滋病毒儿童的生活质量优于患有其他儿童慢性疾病的儿童。
