Abstract:
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus continues to be a major global public health
issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives infected so far. Evidences show that
compromising quality of life of patients yet continued in the era of high active anti retro viral
therapy and little known in the study area about quality of life of patients attending anti retro
viral therapy.
Objectives: To assess the health related quality of life among human immunodeficiency
vi rus infected people on anti-retroviral therapy at public health facilities of Arba Minch town,
Southern Ethiopia 2019.
Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in Arba Minch town public health facilities of
ART sites from February 16 to April 26, 2019. Through systematic sampling method, 391
respondents were participated for the study. Interviewer administered a structured
questionnaire used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate logistic
regression model were used to determine significant variable of the outcome variable.
Variables with p- value ≤ 0.05 were considered as statistical significant in bivariate analysis.
Results: 52.9% of the respondents have Good overall health related quality of life. The
respondents with CD4 count ≥500cell/mm3 depression (AOR=9.37, 95% CI; 5.10-17.27), BMI normal nutritional status (AOR=2.66,
95% CI; 1.18-3.27), social support (AOR= 6.18, 95% CI; 3.56-10.75) and no perceived
stigma (AOR=2.75, 95% CI; 1.62-4.67) were significantly associated with good health
related quality of life.
Conclusion and Recommendation: Health related quality of life at public health facilities of
Arba Minch town was moderate. Occupation, residence, CD4 count, duration on treatment,
social support, adherence, and risky sexual behavior were associated with at least one of
health related quality of life domain. Zonal health bureau, health facilities managers, and
health worker should focus on care strategies like work opportunities, counseling and
treatment as well as attention should give to environmental and social health of patients.
Keywords: - health related quality of life, human immune deficiency Virus, and people living
with human immunodeficiency virus.
(AOR=1.96, 95% CI; 1.18-3.27), patients without
