在COVID时代在TANSACS注册的PLHIV人群中的生活质量 - 混合方法研究研究
Janakiram Marimuthu1,2, Sumathi Rajalingam3, Kaustav Gauthaman1
1TANSACS, Chennai, India.
AIDS care
|January 3, 2024
概括
COVID-19大流行对艾滋病毒感染者 (PLHIV) 生活质量产生了负面影响. 诸如就业和性别等因素显著影响了他们的身体,心理,社会和环境福祉.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 生活质量研究 研究 生命质量研究
背景情况:
- 了解生活质量 (QoL) 对于估计可避免疾病的负担和识别风险因素至关重要.
- COVID-19大流行带来了独特的挑战,可能会加剧艾滋病毒感染者 (PLHIV) 等弱势群体的困难.
- 在疫情期间评估PLHIV的QoL对于有针对性的支持和医疗干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间评估艾滋病毒感染者 (PLHIV) 的生活质量.
- 确定与PLHIV患者的QoL变化相关的人口因素.
- 了解大流行对不同QOL领域的具体影响.
主要方法:
- 涉及泰米尔纳德州艾滋病控制协会 (TANSACS) 下注册的PLHIV的横截面研究.
- 使用世界卫生组织生活质量-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) 尺度和半结构化的焦点小组讨论 (FGD) 问卷收集数据.
- 奇方位分析被用来检查人口变量和QoL域之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 平均整体QOL得分为51.35,其中的领域分数为:身体健康 (54.39),心理 (44.85),社会关系 (48.48),环境 (57.69).
- 职业与所有QoL领域有显著的关联 (p < 0.05).
- 性别与身体健康 (p=0.026) 和社会关系 (p=0.007) 领域有显著的关联.
- COVID-19大流行加剧了与获得医疗保健,社会支持,就业和对PLHIV的耻辱等相关的挑战.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,艾滋病毒感染者的生活质量明显恶化.
- 就业状况和性别是影响PLHIVQOL的关键人口统计因素.
- 研究结果强调,需要针对性干预措施,以减轻大流行病对PLHIV健康的不利影响.
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