Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2015

Study of effects smoking in HIV patients

Dr. M. N. Saiyad, Dr. Dhrupal C. Suthar, Dr. Vaibhav S. Chaudhari, Dr. Niraj Singh, Dr. Rizwan N. Ansari

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1) Prevalence of habit of smoking in HIV/AIDS patients. 2) Health related quality of life (HRQ) of HIV patients in both (smokers and non smokers) groups. 3) Incidences of various body system involvement in our HIV/AIDS patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the present study, we included patients admitted to medical, skin and surgical wards of a general hospital as well as outdoor patients who were known HIV/AIDS or detected HIV positive for the first time. A detailed history regarding smoking status was noted in form of type of smoking (Bidi/Cigarette/Hukka), number of bidi/cigarette per day and duration of smoking. Intensity of smoking was calculated in terms of pack years as under: 1 pack year= number of packs of bidi/cigarette smoked per day multiplied by number of years of smoking. 1 pack= 10 bidi/cigarette. To assess Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL), subjective parameters like level of activity causing discomfort and objective parameters like number of hospital admissions due to any cause in last 6 months were noted. Sense of well being was noted in terms of level of activity that patient could perform prior to current admission/health visit. For simplicity and comparison, level of activity was labelled as A,B,C and D. CONCLUSION: Non smokers enjoy comparatively better Health Related Quality of Life in terms of better performance in daily activities and less number of hospital admissions. Smokers have more respiratory and CNS manifestations,while non smokers have more abdominal and cutaneous manifestations. Although larger sample size and longer follow up is needed to have more scientific and statistically significant inference, we can conclude from available data that smokers have higher chances of acquiring HIV/AIDS and have poor HRQL as compared to non smokers.

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DR. M.N.SAIYAD,DR. DHRUPAL C. SUTHAR,DR. VAIBHAV S. CHAUDHARI,DR. NIRAJ SINGH, DR. Rizwan N. Ansari Study of effects smoking in HIV patients International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 1 January 2015

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