Life quality assessment of people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Anhui Province

Objective To survey the present quality of life (QOL) and its influencing factor about HIV/AIDS in northern Anhui, in order to provide an objective basis for improving their QOL. Methods Using convenient sample method to select HIV/AIDS among 10 counties in northern Anhui, QOL of HIV/AIDS was investigated by anonymous, face-to-face with Medical outcomes study-HIV health survey (MOS-HIV). Then, QOL of HIV/AIDS was evaluated by t test, ANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis. Results The total score for physiology was (48.29±8.73), and that of psychology was (46.67±8.45). The scores for general health(GH),physical function(PF),social function(SF), physical(PA), mental health (MH),vitality (VT) among QOL were significantly lower than healthy individuals (all P<0.05). The scores for physiology, psychology, multi-dimension among QOL were significantly different among different education level, occupation, residence and family income (all P<0.05). The education level and family income were positively correlated to total score of physical health (PHS), total score of mental health (MHS), PF, cognitive function (CF), PA, MH, VT of HIV/AIDS. But the casual lab or was negetive corre lation to RF、PA of HIV/AIDS. Conclusions QOL of HIV/AIDS was lower than that of general population, which was affected by education level, occupation, residence, different family income, etc. It should be encouraged to strengthen their education level and family income to improve their QOL.