Dermatology Quality of Life Impairments among Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDSInfected Patients in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (Uith), Ilorin, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorShittu, R. O.
dc.contributor.authorOdeigah, L. O.
dc.contributor.authorMahmoud, Abdulraheem O.
dc.contributor.authorSani, M. A.
dc.contributor.authorBolarinwa, O. A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T11:34:59Z
dc.date.available2021-12-16T11:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe study sought to describe the quality-of-life impairments in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients with cutaneous lesions. This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study of 160 newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS-infected adult patients attending the HIV/AIDS clinic of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Systemic random sampling technique was used in recruiting respondents for the study. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to gauge the quality-of-life impairments. The study showed high prevalence of cutaneous lesions in HIV/AIDS-infected patients. Majority of the respondents (83.7%) scored more than 10 in DLQI score. This signifies that the skin lesions had large negative effects on their quality of life. The assessment of the impact of dermatoses on patients’ quality of life is important for clinical management. It is pertinent to detect patients at higher risk of experiencing worse quality of life in order to treat them holistically.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7197
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Careen_US
dc.subjectnewly diagnoseden_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectdermatologyen_US
dc.subjectquality-of-life impairmentsen_US
dc.titleDermatology Quality of Life Impairments among Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDSInfected Patients in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (Uith), Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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