Abstract
Aim: The study is aimed to evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities among people living with HIV/AIDS in Patna City.
Method: This is cross sectional observation study among 241 HIV positive patients attending Outpatient Department (OPD) at patna medical college and hospital. Per schedule, structured, self-administered qquestionnaire was used for the data collection.
Result: Respondents age range was 22-75 years where as 31-40 years (38.6%) was the modal age range. 126 (52.3%) were females,17 (48.5%) were government employees and 143 (59.5%) were married. in present job, 1-45 years were the range of working years. It had been observed that almost all participant had multiple comorbidities and among them 58 (24.3%) respondents were symptomatic. 52 (89.7%) were had fever, 6 (8.6%) were had diabetes mellitus, 26 (44.8%) were hypertensive, 21 (36.2%) were had arthritis, 7 (12.1%) were had tuberculosis and 25 (43.1%) had persistent diarrhoea. Among the respondents these were the major AIDS defining conditions present. Only significant social factor related to co-morbidities were the age above 50 years. 55 (94.8%) high pill burden, 48 (82.8%) had increased side effects, 33 (56.9%) complaining of cost of medication 79.8% were hard workplace victimization and these were the major challenges faced by the patients.
Conclusion: It was observed in these study that comorbidities of both non-AIDS defining and AIDS defining were prevalent among our respondents. The respondents who were more likely to develop comorbidities were above 50 years. Assisting management of comorbidities should include in HIV workplace policy.
Keywords: Comorbidities, Prevalence, HIV/AIDS, Patna .
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Corresponding Author
Dr Sunil Kumar Agrawal
Assistant Professor, Department of T.B. & Chest, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i9.55
