title: People living with HIV/AIDS in the city of Bangkok: quality of life and related factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the quality of life and factors related to quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS in Bangkok, Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey research was conducted among 138 people aged over 18 years living with HIV/AIDS in Bangkok. The sample was selected by purposive sampling from HIV infected persons who attended the HIV clinic at the hospitals in Bangkok. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaires from June to July 2010 and analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The finding revealed that of the people living with HIV/AIDS, 67.4% reported a moderate level with respect to quality of life and 32.6% reported a good level concerning the quality of life. Factors related to quality of life were age, education level, monthly income, self-esteem,family relationships and social support (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All of the people living with HIV/AIDS reported having a moderate to good quality of life. From research results, responsible organizations should establish activities to promote self-esteem, family relationships and social support for people living with HIV/AIDS to enhance the quality of life of infected persons. Increasing public awareness to better understand basic needs such as family relationships and social support and providing HIV/AIDS education to the community were deemed important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. phcms@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Chokchai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munsawaengsub
authors.forename: Basamat Berair Ebella Mohammed
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Khair
authors.forename: Sutham
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nanthamongkolchai
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*