Abstract
Background: HIV/AIDS has adverse impact not only on physical but also mental, social, and financial aspects of the infected individual. Quality of life (QOL) among these individuals is therefore becoming crucial for measuring commonly used endpoints. Objective: To study the quality of life (QOL) of HIV-positive people on antiretroviral therapy. Material and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 adult HIV-positive patients at two tertiary care hospitals of Lucknow. Systematic random sampling was used to recruit patients. Quality of Life was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF scale. Results: Mean age of the PLHAs was 39.08±9.72 and majority (73.0%) of the study participants were male. QOL score were highest for physical health domain (10.45±1.35) followed by psychological domain (9.38±1.33), environmental domain (8.73±1.11) and social relationship domain (8.05±1.90) respectively. A significant difference (p
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