M.L. Siregar, V. Abdullah, T. Mamfaluti
Depression in HIV/AIDS patients will influence the quality of life (QoL) demographically or by its own HIV disease. QoL-affected factors could be helpful in making important policy decisions and health care interventions, especially in Banda Aceh. The study aims to find the relationship between depression and quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients. A cross sectional design and the sample recruitment technique was done by total sampling that all outpatient and inpatient HIV/AIDS patients who had received antiretroviral therapy or not and were willing to be interviewed in Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Aceh Province, Indonesia. QoLwas assessed using WHOQoL and depression data werecollectedusing the BDI questionnaires. The study resulted in 29 HIV/AIDS patients which the most were men (62.1%), and the mean age was 33.14 ± 6.13 years old. The most transmitted type was by IVDU, and the CD4+ count was less than 350 cells. There is a strong relationship between sex and QoL (p = 0.005) and depression is strongly negative correlation with QoL (r = -0.619, p < 0.00). The conclusion of the study i.e there is a relationship between depression and quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Division of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of Syiah Kuala University, Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Aceh Province, 23126, Indonesia; Division of Psychosomatic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of Syiah Kuala University, Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Aceh Province, 23126, Indonesia; Division of Allergy Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of Syiah Kuala University, Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Aceh Province, 23126, Indonesia
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