Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic, a major challenge as a health
care problem of modern times. As the survival of life increases from the time
of an HIV-positive diagnosis, growing concern for the quality of the life has
been extended.
To assess and correlate the coping, social support and
quality of life.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at
antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic of AIIMS, New Delhi. The sample comprised
people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who were seropositive for last six months.
The tools used to assess the coping, social support and quality of life were
BREF COPE, MOS social support survey and WHO QOL-HIV BREF, respectively.
Permission was taken from the authors of the tools. The ethical permission was
taken from the center. The coping, social support and quality of life were
assessed and their association was observed. Data were analyzed using SPSS 17.
The most commonly used coping styles were acceptance and
religion. The social support used by most of PLWHA was tangible support and
affectionate support, while the least used support was positive social
interaction. The lowest quality of life is seen in social relations, followed
by physical quality of life. There was positive association seen between coping
and quality of life as well as social support and quality of life.
There was positive association between coping, social
support and quality of life.
Below: Showing baseline coping strategies adopted by PLWH
Below: Bar graph showing domains of QOL of PLWH HIV/AIDS
Below: Association of baseline QOL with the Social Support of PLWH
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2Former Director and Professor, Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi, India
3Prof. and Head Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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