Psychological distress and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Autor: Igwe, Monday Nwite, Ndukuba, Appolos Chidi, Olose, Emmanuel Omamurhomu, Obayi, Nicodemus Okwudili, Ajayi, Nnenna A., Odo, Anayochukwu, Njoku, Paul Oreke, Amadi, Kennedy Uzoma, Ezeme, Mark Sunday, Aguocha, Chinyere
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Zdroj: Mental Health, Religion & Culture; Nov2016, Vol. 19 Issue 9, p961-971, 11p
Abstrakt: Presence of psychological distress and poor quality of life (QoL) may affect the outcome of HIV/AIDS. One hundred and seventeen consecutive and consenting participants were interviewed using a Socio-demographic questionnaire, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and World Health Organization Quality of Life-HIV Bref. Fifty-six (47.9%) participants scored 20 and above on K10 Scale. QoL was significantly higher in married participants, those who perceived their state of health as being good, asymptomatic participants and those who scored well–mild on K10. The older age group scored higher on QoL Scale than the younger age group in the physical health domain while the married participants scored higher in the domains of physical health, psychological health, environment and spiritual/religion. The participants who perceived their state of health as being good scored higher than those who perceived their health as poor in all domains. There is a high level of psychological distress and poor QoL in people living with HIV/AIDS. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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