title: [Quality of life and related factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Guangdong province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the quality of life and related factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Guangdong province.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 443 subjects older than age 18 who had been diagnosed as HIV/AIDS were recruited from AIDS Outpatient Clinic Departments in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. HIV/AIDS-targeted quality of life(HAT-QoL)scale was used to measure the quality of life on the patients. Nonparametric test method and multiple linear regression analysis were performed to explore the related factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average scores of the following nine domains of HIV/AIDS-targeted quality of life scales were:overall function as 59.89 ± 23.35, concerns on medication as 62.91 ± 24.01, worries on factors as being disclosed, on health, on financial situation were 19.97 ± 23.04, 54.05 ± 12.24 and 35.94 ± 26.45, respectively, trust on providers as 68.72 ± 26.17, rate of understanding HIV as 61.46 ± 25.72, on life satisfaction as 56.90 ± 25.30 and on sexual function as 50.82 ± 23.86. Factors associated with quality of life would include sex, age, residential area, education, employment, marital status, complications, HAART-related prescriptions, route of infection and duration of HIV/AIDS etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of life among HIV/AIDS patients had declined, especially on worries related to disclosure and financial situation. More attention should be paid on those with poor education, low income and lack of family support in order to improve their quality of life and reducing mortality.
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Email: ntydxm@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Siheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Shengyong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires