Year: 2024 | Month: October-December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 403-417
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20240446
Knowledge About HIV-AIDS and Co-infection Rate Among HIV-AIDS Patients: A Study Among Different Community Clinics of Chattogram District, Bangladesh
Kazi Ashraful Hoque1, Mohammad Musahidur Rahman Khan2, Dr. Mithun Das3, Dr. Bijoya Luxmi Roy4
1Lab Executive, Evercare Hospital Chattogram, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
2Social Worker, MSF-OCA, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
3Dentist, Lion Dr Mithun's Prime Dental Care & Cure, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
4Dentist, Lion Dr Mithun's Prime Dental Care & Cure, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Corresponding Author: Kazi Ashraful Hoque
ABSTRACT
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Following initial infection, a person may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. Typically, this is followed by a prolonged period with no symptoms. If the infection progresses, it interferes more with the immune system, increasing the risk of developing common infections such as tuberculosis, as well as other opportunistic infections.
Objective: To reveal the Clinical Conditions and Co-infection rates by different infectious agents among the patients of HIV-AIDS.
Materials & Methods: It is a descriptive type of cross-sectional study. A pre-tested, semi structured and modified interview administrated questionnaire was used to collect data. Non - randomized, sequential, and purposive and plenitude sampling methods have been tried by following face to face interview of the participants.
Results & Discussions: In this study the percentage of male was 63% and the percentage of female was 37%. 49% respondents were in 33-47 years of age groups. In this study 55% respondents were up to primary education. We found out that 36% of the respondents were part-time workers. It was seen that 44% respondents’ monthly family income was between 10,000 – 20,000 BDT. It was observed that 98% of the respondents knew about HIV/AIDS. It was observed that 63% of the respondents knew about the causative agent of HIV/AIDS. Majority of the respondents were HIV positive for more than 3 years.51% of the respondents were informed that HIV/AIDS is not infectious. 82% of the respondents were aware that HIV/AIDS is not curable by drugs. 71% of the respondents knew about the symptoms of HIV/AIDS. 92% respondents in unsafe physical relation HIV/AIDS transmits. Here maximum respondents had different infections.
Conclusion: It was seen that the respondents of this study did not have knowledge on HIV/AIDS at satisfactory level. Still a portion of them is wrong and replied incorrect answers or did not know about different issues regarding HIV-AIDS though some of them were replying satisfactorily.
Keywords: HIV, Community Clinics, Tuberculosis (TB), Antiretroviral Therapy, Cancer.