Association between stigma, depression and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in South India – a community based cross sectional study

Quality of life (QoL) is an important component in the evaluation of the wellbeing of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). This study was aimed at evaluating the QoL of PLHIV attending the antiretroviral clinics in the Ho municipality. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2017 to April 2017 involving 158 purposively selected HIV-positive patients who were attending the antiretroviral clinics both in the Volta Regional Hospital and Ho Municipal Hospital. An Interviewer administered standard questionnaire (WHOQOL-HIV Bref) was used to collect information on sociodemography, medical history, and the quality of life (QoL) of the respondents. Among these 158 HIV-positive respondents, 126 (79.75) and 14 (8.86) presented with excellent and good overall QoL, respectively, whilst 18 (11.39) had their life negatively affected by HIV/AIDS. Religious/personal beliefs (19.62%) were the most affected QoL component, followed by the physical (15.82%) and level of independence (15.19%) domains. Patients’ occupation, perception of health, sexual activity, and state of the disease were associated with poor overall QoL. In general, being an HIV-infected man, symptomatic patient, not being sexually active, or being ART naïve was also associated with poorer QoL in several HIV/AIDS QoL domains.

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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS RECEIVING ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/5677 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 1608-1614

Author(s):

RajivD Limbasiya ◽

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MM Prabhakar ◽

Rajendra Gadhavi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

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Quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in outpatient follow-up

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0127 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. 513-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Juliano de Souza Caliari ◽

Lilian Andreia Fleck Reinato ◽

Daiana Patrícia Marchetti Pio ◽

Letícia Pimenta Lopes ◽

Renata Karina Reis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elderly People ◽

Treatment Interruption ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Physical Changes ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data and characterization of the sample, descriptive statistics and comparison tests were used. The project met the ethical requirements. Results: Participants were 81 users aged 50 to 75 years, mean age was 57.8 (± 6.1) years, 71.6% of whom were men. There was a statistically significant relationship with the quality of life, the following variables: gender, children, occupation, religion, diagnosis time, HIV exposure, adverse effects, treatment interruption, viral load counts, hospitalization, dependence for daily activities and use of drugs. Conclusion: The results suggest that the quality of life deficit is related not only to physical changes, but to the anguish and stigma related to HIV/AIDS.

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Quality of life in people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

SpringerPlus ◽

10.1186/2193-1801-3-372 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Fidèle Bakiono ◽

Laurent Ouédraogo ◽

Mahamoudou Sanou ◽

Sékou Samadoulougou ◽

Patrice Wendpouiré Laurent Guiguemdé ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Living With Hiv

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Validation of Kiswahili Version of WHOQOLHIVBREF questionnaire among people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

10.1101/2021.01.22.21249371 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nuru Kondo ◽

Tumbwene Mwansisya ◽

Eric Aghan ◽

Riaz Ratansi

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Different Cultures ◽

Hiv Aids

AbstractBackgroundQuality of life is an important element of surveillance in people living with HIV/AIDS. WHO has developed an HIV specific quality of life tool (WHOQOLHIV-Bref) for assessing Quality of life of HIV individuals. This tool takes into account the different cultural variations that exist worldwide and hence enable assessment of the quality of life across different cultures. Despite its preliminary sound validity and reliability from several studies, the developers recommend it to be validated in different cultures to fully assess its psychometric properties before its adaptation.ObjectivesTo evaluate the validity and reliability of WHOQOLHIV-Bref questionnaire in Tanzanian culture among people living with HIV/AIDS.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 103 participants interviewed using a Kiswahili WHOQOLHIV-BREF questionnaire. Of, these participants 47 participants were enrolled to repeat an interview two weeks later. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were analyzed. Validity was assessed through analysis of translational, concurrent, convergent and discriminant validity while the model performance was assessed by Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 40.5 ± 9.702 years. Translation validity was assessed through the WHO translational protocol and was found to be good. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Kiswahili version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF were excellent: Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.89-0.90, and ICC of 0.92 p < 0.01 respectively. Concurrent valid was excellent, significant correlations were noted across all domains (correlation coefficient r > 0.3) except for physical and spiritual domains. Confirmatory factor analysis found that the six domain produced an acceptable fit to the data. The convergent and divergent validities were satisfactory.ConclusionKiswahili WHOQOLHIV-Bref was found to be reliable and valid questionnaire among Tanzanian people living with HIV/AIDS. These findings provide support for the use of this tool in assessing the quality of life in Tanzania.

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