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An hiv infection - a problem of quality of life!?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

C. Vasilescu ,
C. Manciuc ,
C. Dorobat  and
M. Largu
C. Vasilescu*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Infectious Diseases Iasi, Iasi, Romania
C. Manciuc
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Infectious Diseases Iasi, Iasi, Romania
C. Dorobat
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Infectious Diseases Iasi, Iasi, Romania Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
M. Largu
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The quality of life is a multidiimensional and subjective construct, based on the patient’s experience.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to observe if at the HIV - positive patient the quality of life in relation to health is a consequence of disease and treatment and if his perception about the disease changes his ability to have a full and useful life.

Methods

We centralized the data coming from a number of 600 patients registered in the Iasi Regional Center, for a period of 12 months. The side effects reported by the patients emerged from discussions with the infectious diseases specialist and the psychologist.

Results

From 600 pacients, 59% of them were male with mean age of 21.1 years old. Approximately 14% of the patiens had stable jobs, the rest were unemployed or had part-time jobs. 38% came from foster care units of from broken homes. The average number of days of hospitalization was 4 days, 25% of them were at their first scheme, 10% in the seventh-eighth scheme. Among the antiretroviral side effects patients complained nausea and vomiting in 85% of cases, lipodystrophy symptoms in 25% of cases, diarrhea in 15% of the cases; regarding the psychological aspects, 65% of patients showed an above level of anxiety, 40% had depressive manifestations, 10% had specific obsessions-compulsions and 10% neurotic and hysterical tendencies.

Conclusions

We need a close collaboration between the infectious diseases specialist and the psychologists in order to enhance the quality of life of the HIV patient.

Keywords

quality of lifeside effectsantiretroviral therapyHIV/AIDS
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S488
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