HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS ATTENDING THE ANTI-RETROVIRAL CLINIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, BENIN CITY
Author(s)
Odu GO1, Adeleye O2, Olumese C3
1university of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), edo state, Nigeria, 2university of Benin (UNIBEN), edo state, Nigeria, 3university of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
OBJECTIVES: o assess the overall Quality Of Life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); To compare the QOL in the six domains of health; and To determine any association between age, gender, educational level and QOL. METHODS: The study design is a descriptive cross sectional survey and the study population included all PLWHA who have enrolled into the Anti-Retroviral Therapy pharmacy of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and were currently receiving their Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for a period of at least six months. A trained interviewer administered a questionnaire that collects data on socio-demographics, clinicals and the items of World Health Organization Quality Of Life (WHOQOL) HIV-bref from each participant. Means, standard deviations, and statistical tests for differences were performed. RESULTS: A total of 360 respondents were surveyed. The mean age of the group was 38.58 years. 262 (72.8%) of respondents were females. The overall QOL of respondents was good with a mean score of (3.8 ±0.81). The QOL mean score were highest for the spirituality/religion/personal belief domain (16.03± 0.97) and lowest for the social relationships domain (11.38±1.01). The age of the respondents showed statistically significant differences (P<0.05) in all domains of QOL except in the level of independence domain. Respondents in all the age groups had poor QOL in the social relationships domain. Females had statistically significant higher QOL mean scores in the physical, psychological and spirituality/ religion/ personal beliefs domains (P<0.05) compared to males. The educational level of respondents showed statistically significant differences (P<0.05) in physical, psychological, social relationships and spirituality/ religion/ personal beliefs domains. Respondents with Tertiary education had higher QOL mean scores in the six domains of health. CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed good overall QOL among respondents. The mean QOL scores were highest in the spirituality/religion/personal beliefs domain and lowest in the social relationships.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-05, ISPOR 2014, Palais des Congres de Montreal
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May 2014)
Code
PIN88
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Infectious Disease (non-vaccine)