HIV Status Disclosure and Quality of Life of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAgbeko, A.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, R.
dc.contributor.authorAlhassan, Y.
dc.contributor.authorLetsa, T.
dc.contributor.authorAxame, W.K.
dc.contributor.authorOgum-Alangea, D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T15:24:49Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T15:24:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground. Quality of life (QoL) and HIV/AIDS serostatus disclosure are vital HIV outcome indicators. Tis study examined factors associated with QoL, HIV status disclosure, and the relationship between QoL and disclosure among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) at the Ho Teaching Hospital. Methods. We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional survey among 311 PLWHIV. Te World Health Organization WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire was used to measure QoL. A semistructured questionnaire was used to gather information on socio-demographics and HIV serostatus disclosure. Multivariate logistic and multiple linear regressions were used to determine predictors of HIV serostatus disclosure and QoL in six domains, respectively. Results. Overall, 88.7% of participants disclosed their HIV status to a significant relation. Te majority (98.1%) presented with good QoL, high (83.3%) among participants who disclosed their HIV seropositive status. Patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for more than a year were 8.64 times more likely to disclose their HIV status as compared to those on ART for less than a year (AOR = 8.64 (95% CI: 2.00–37.27), p 0.004). Increasing years on ART (β = 0.37) and being employed (β = 1.31) positively predicted good QoL in the physical domain, whereas higher educational level positively predicted good QoL in the social domain (β = 0.66). QoL was not associated with HIV serostatus disclosure. Conclusion. HIV status disclosure was high. Increasing years on ART increased the odds of disclosure. Although there was no significant relationship between QoL and disclosure, good QoL was high among those who disclosed their HIV status. Increasing years on ART, higher education, and being employed predicted good QoL.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6842957
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/38498
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAdvances in Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectHIV Status Disclosureen_US
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectPeople living with HIVen_US
dc.titleHIV Status Disclosure and Quality of Life of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Ho Municipality, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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