title: Factors Influencing Quality of Life among People Living with HIV in Coastal South India.
abstract: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased life expectancy of HIV/AIDS patients, but the quality of life (QOL) still remains the same.
  
  
  
  In this cross-sectional study, 356 people living with HIV (PLHIV) were interviewed to assess their QOL using WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire. The association between QOL with sociodemographic, clinical and cohabitation status of the participants was tested using ANOVA and Student t-test, and p value < .05 was considered statistically significant.
  
  
  
  Physical domain of QOL showed maximum score of 16.4, while a minimum score of 12.2 was seen in social relationship domain. Participants with higher socioeconomic status (SES) and self-motivated to take ART had shown better scores across all the domains of QOL ( p < .05).
  
  
  
  In our study, quality of life was high among males, younger patients, married participants, higher socioeconomic status, longer duration of ART, self-motivation to take ART, absence of opportunistic infection, and with higher CD4count.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Banagi Yathiraj
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Arjun
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Bhaskaran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unnikrishnan
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ramapuram
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thapar
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prasanna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mithra
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nithin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madi
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vaman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holla
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Bhagawan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Darshan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000276:immunology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents
keywords: HIV; WHOQOL-HIV BREF; antiretroviral therapy; people living with HIV; quality of life