Impact of oral health on the quality of life among women living with HIV/AIDS- a cross-sectional study in Maceio, Northeastern Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. e44
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Urinary symptoms and quality of life in women living with HIV: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryse Larouche ◽  
Arianne Y. K. Albert ◽  
Nancy Lipsky ◽  
Sharon Walmsley ◽  
Mona Loutfy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Urinary Symptoms ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

scholarly journals Quality of Life of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Ho Municipality, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Osei-Yeboah ◽  
William K. B. A. Owiredu ◽  
Gameli Kwame Norgbe ◽  
Sylvester Yao Lokpo ◽  
Christian Obirikorang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Symptomatic Patient ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

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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