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      Factors influencing quality of life (QOL) amongst elderly caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Phayao province, Thailand: a cross-sectional study

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          Background: There are many impacts on quality of life among elderly people living with HIV patients. This study aimed to assess factors influencing quality of life among elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in a northern province of Thailand.

          Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Phayao province, Thailand. A systematic sampling technique was employed to select study participants. 152 elderly participants aged 60 years and older with a family member living with HIV/AIDS were recruited to the study. They were interviewed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD) questionnaire. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the factors influencing quality of life among elderly people affected by family member living with HIV/AIDS.

          Results: The results of the study showed the mean age of elderly participants was 67.20 + 52 years, most of which were female (97 persons, 63.8%). The mean time taking care of HIV/AIDS patients was 6.61 + 4.96 years. In term of health status among the elderly participants, the majority did not have chronic diseases (61.4%), amongst those with chronic diseases (38.6%), hypertension and diabetes were the most common. The average quality of life score was at a fair level.  The time taking care of HIV/AIDS patients and health status were significant predictors of quality of life among participants 8.1 % ( R 2 =.081; p < .05).

          Conclusion: In order to improve quality of life among elderly caregivers to family member living with HIV/AIDS, time taking care of HIV/AIDS patients and health status should be focused on, amongst other factors. Help and support from the government, community, health organizations, academic research, and family members can help improve quality of life amongst the elderly.

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                Contributors
                Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data Curation
                Role: Formal AnalysisRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Visualization
                Role: MethodologyRole: Writing – Original Draft PreparationRole: Writing – Review & Editing
                Journal
                F1000Res
                F1000Res
                F1000Research
                F1000Research
                F1000 Research Limited (London, UK )
                2046-1402
                9 January 2019
                2019
                : 8
                : 39
                Affiliations
                [1 ]College of Public Health Sciences,, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
                [2 ]Department of Public Health, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
                [1 ]Department of Community Medicine, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan
                [1 ]Courant Research Center, “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries”, Department of Economics, George August University, Göttingen, Germany
                Author notes

                No competing interests were disclosed.

                Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

                Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-3179
                Article
                10.12688/f1000research.16892.1
                6456834
                6b5c3a54-8984-4b06-bd3a-596a4003197a
                Copyright: © 2019 Punta P et al.

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 28 December 2018
                Funding
                Funded by: Higher Education Research Promotion National Research University Project of Thailand
                Award ID: WCU-056AS-57
                This work was supported Chulalongkorn University and the Higher Education Research Promotion and National Research University Project of Thailand [WCU-056 AS-57].
                The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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