Nutritional status among people living with hiv in Klang Valley

Muhammadun Basar, Nur Adilah (2014) Nutritional status among people living with hiv in Klang Valley. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Human immunodeticiency virus (HIV) is a virus that infects cells of the immune system and weakens or destroys their function. The synergistic interaction between infection, nutritional status and immune function is particularly evident in patients with AIDS, who exhibit impaired immune function and altered nutritional status. Standard antiretroviral therapy (ARV) or highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is the combination of at least three ARV to prevent the transmission and slow down the progression of the infection in people living with HIV (PLWH). Thus the objectives for the study are to assess the nutritional status among PLWH and to determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors, use of HAART, and CD4 count with nutritional status. Due to the issue of contidentiality only 37 respondents were recruited through the snowball method. Through face-to-face interview, nutritional status of respondents was assess using their anthropometric measurements and also dietary intake. Almost two thirds (23 or 62.2%) of the respondents were male while 14 (37.8%) were female with a mean age of 42.3±8.8 years. Respondents in this study have mean CD4 count of 330.76±182.1 and 73.0% of them were taking HAART. Results showed that a majority (59.5%) of the respondents had normal body weight status. 24.3% were overweight, and 16.2% were underweight. As for dietary intake, male respondents had better RNI achievements compared to female respondents except for protein. vitamins A and C. This study also found that there is no significant relationship between socioeconomic status, use of HAART. and CD4 count with nutritional status among PLWH. This study also showed that majority have a normal body weight status however, their dietary intake was still poor. Effective intervention programs should be conducted in order to improve nutritional status among PLWH through education and counseling session by health care professionals.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Muhamad Fazril Awang
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 08:19
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 08:19
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/282

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