A Study on the Self-Reported Quality of Life of HIV-Positive Slum-Dwellers in Mumbai, India

Abstract

Background: HIV/AIDS emerged as one of the most important public health issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and is now one of the leading causes of global morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to determine quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS by using different Domain Scores.

Assessment Of Quality of Life Among PLHIV Attending the FIART Clinic of Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal

“…QOL in Psychological domain scored lowest in study done by Marashi T et al, Dasgupta P et al whereas scored highest in Khakha DC et al, Sarkar T et al, Yadav S. [18][19][20][21]30 The mean score of Overall QOL was 14.60 ± 2.46 (Mean± SD) with a median of 14.0, range was 4-20. It was significantly associated with all the domains and similar findings were also reported by Gupta SK et al 28 In this study, overall QOL was significantly associated with male gender, rural residence, joint family and high socioeconomic class. This finding is consistent in various studies 20, 23-26, 28, 30-33) Low levels of literacy among females, unemployment, financial dependency, and social binding can be the contributory factors for lower scores on QOL domains by females.…”

“…This was on the contrary to findings to several studies. [26][27][28][29] Followed by spiritual domain, psychological domain was, however, badly affected indicating poor selfesteem, social contacts, and sexual activity. QOL in Psychological domain scored lowest in study done by Marashi T et al, Dasgupta P et al whereas scored highest in Khakha DC et al, Sarkar T et al, Yadav S. [18][19][20][21]30 The mean score of Overall QOL was 14.60 ± 2.46 (Mean± SD) with a median of 14.0, range was 4-20.…”

“…This finding is consistent in various studies 20, 23-26, 28, 30-33) Low levels of literacy among females, unemployment, financial dependency, and social binding can be the contributory factors for lower scores on QOL domains by females. 20,[23][24][25][26]28,[30][31][32][33] On the contrary, study by Dasgupta P et al, Sarkar T et al reported lower SES has better QOL. [20][21] This study had shown that overall QOL was higher in the Hindu religion, married individual, higher education level and person with addiction although it failed to reach statistical significance.…”

“…20 Various studies had also shown that good QOL is found higher in married and with higher level of education. 20,25,28 It might be due to more positive attitude toward the disease with the increasing awareness level.…”