Study on the quality of life and its influential factors among HIV positive population

VernacularTitle:河南省农村地区HIV/AIDS生存质量及影响因素调查
Author: Zeng GE ¹ ; Duo SHAN ; Lu WANG ; Xing GAO ; Guo-Wei DING ; Jian-Ping ZHOU ; Wen-Sheng HE ; Zhi-Hang PENG
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1. 北京协和医学院
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Quality of life; The Chinese World Health Organization Quality of Life-brief Version
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2010;31(3):277-280
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the quality of life and its influential factors among HIV positive population. Methods Quality of life was evaluated among 2608 HIV positive population by WHOQOL (Chinese Version) to calculate the total and four domains' scores of quality of life. Multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the relationship between the factors and the scores of the four domains and the total score of quality of life. Results Physical,psychological,social,environmental and the total scores of the HIV positive population were 12.96±1.94,11.79± 1.19,13.79±2.44,12.40±1.93 and 51.02±6.03,respectively. Females had a higher scores than males in the four domains and the total score of quality of life. Through a multiple linear regression model,we found that the influential factors would include gender,age,occupation,family conflict and appetite etc. Conclusion People living with HIV had higher scores in social domain,but lower scores in psychological domain,suggesting that psychological intervention should he strengthened.