Assessment Of The Quality Of Life Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy In The New Juaben Municipality

ABSTRACT Background: The Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is a major public health issue confronting the world today. As a result of the effectiveness of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) now live longer. Quality of life (QOL) of PLWHA has become a distinct and important patient-reported prognostic measure in HIV care. Objectives: This study was on the assessment of the QOL of PLWHA receiving antiretroviral therapy; the physical, psychological, environmental characteristics that affected the QOL; the effect of social relationships on QOL as well as the predictors of QOL of PLWHA in the New Juabeng Municipality. Methodology: This study was a cross sectional survey employing simple random sampling technique to recruit 420 participants. This study was conducted in the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua. A standardized WHOQOL-HIV questionnaire was administered to participants to solicit for information on their demographic data and the determinants of QOL. Statistical analysis was done using STATA software (version 13). A correlational analysis was conducted to ascertain the relationship between social relationships and QOL of PLWHA. Furthermore a multiple linear regression was done to identify the predictors of QOL of PLWHA. Significance level was set at p

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APA

Africa, P. & FOSU, P (2021). Assessment Of The Quality Of Life Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy In The New Juaben Municipality. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-the-quality-of-life-of-people-living-with-hiv-aids-receiving-anti-retroviral-therapy-in-the-new-juaben-municipality

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Africa, PSN, and PETER FOSU "Assessment Of The Quality Of Life Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy In The New Juaben Municipality" Afribary. Afribary, 14 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-the-quality-of-life-of-people-living-with-hiv-aids-receiving-anti-retroviral-therapy-in-the-new-juaben-municipality. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

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Africa, PSN, and PETER FOSU . "Assessment Of The Quality Of Life Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy In The New Juaben Municipality". Afribary, Afribary, 14 Apr. 2021. Web. 15 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-the-quality-of-life-of-people-living-with-hiv-aids-receiving-anti-retroviral-therapy-in-the-new-juaben-municipality >.

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Africa, PSN and FOSU, PETER . "Assessment Of The Quality Of Life Of People Living With Hiv/Aids Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy In The New Juaben Municipality" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 15, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/assessment-of-the-quality-of-life-of-people-living-with-hiv-aids-receiving-anti-retroviral-therapy-in-the-new-juaben-municipality