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HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN ENUGU

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Supervisor: PROFESSOR A.N IKEFUNA, PROFESSOR T OGUONU, and Dr AC UBESIE
Faculty: PAEDIATRICS
Month: 05
Year: 2018

Abstract

Advances in the management of HIV/AIDS have contributed to improved survival of HIV-infected children/adolescents, many of whom now attain adulthood. Thus, HIV infection can now be considered as a chronic disease rather than a progressively fatal one, with prospects of long-term survival in infected children. Chronic diseases like HIV infection often limit the capacity of infected children and invariably affect their health related quality of life adversely. Therefore, a holistic assessment of the physical, emotional, social and school functioning is essential to provide vital information for optimizing their quality of life. Quality of life scores have been assessed among HIV-infected children and compared to healthy HIV negative controls in other continents like Asia, Europe and North America. There is paucity of information regarding the health related quality of life of HIV-infected children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa especially Nigeria. The aim of this study was to determine the health related quality of life among HIV -infected children and adolescents aged 2-18 years attending the paediatric HIV clinic in UNTH, Enugu. The objective of the study was to compare the mean quality of life scores of HIV-infected subjects to their age, sex, and socio-economically matched controls. In addition, the influences of age, sex, socio-economic class and HAART on the physical, emotional, social, school and total functioning of HIV -infected subjects was also assessed.

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