Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients

Pages: 885-889
Pallavi Tripathi and P.S.N.Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D.D.U.Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh)

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship among the knowledge of HIV/AIDS and quality of life and its different dimension and know the role of `knowledge of HIV/AIDS as predicator in the quality of life and its different dimensions. A sample of total 200 HIV/AIDS patients (100 males and 100 females) was contracted from ICTC, ART &PPTCT of Gorakhpur districts. Results revealed that psychological, social and environmental domain has been significantly co-related with knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that 13% variance of quality of life (R2 change = .136) has been explained by the predictor that is knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The beta value is (.20) and t is significant (3.09, p<.05).