title: [Study on the quality of life and social support among people living with HIV/AIDS and their family members].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the quality of life and related social support among people living with HIV/AIDS with related factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  331 people living with HIV/AIDS and 148 of their family members were selected using a typical sampling method. Questionnaires on general conditions, tables on history of infection, generic quality of life inventory-74 (GQOLI-74) and social support scale (SSS) were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from one-way analysis suggested that people living with HIV/AIDS and their family members with the different sexs, different villages and different cultural backgrounds had differences in GQOLI-74 scores (P < 0.05) while people living with HIV/AIDS with the different villages had differences in SSS scores (P < 0.05). Results from Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that being elderly and negative life events were negatively associated with social support (P < 0.05), while factors as more advanced educational background, harmonious neighborhood relationship and having bother pouring nature were the predictive factors (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many factors might affect dimensions of quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS and their family members in rural areas of northern Anhui. Community care and social support of HIV/AIDS should still be greatly enhanced in the countryside of China. A community care mode based on family and neighborhood was expected to be developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Anhui Medical University, Hefid 230032, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Dong-qing
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Guang-dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huai-guang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yi-lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ai-xiang
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support