Study of Drug Utilization Pattern and Assessment of Quality of Life in HIV Infected Patients.

Abstract

The hospital based study was carried out to study the drug utilization pattern, co- morbidities associated with HIV, to identify drug related problems with ART (anti-retroviral therapy) and to describe the quality of life of patients living with HIV. Among the 103 selected patients, Out of the 103 patients who enrolled 73 (70.8%) were male and 30(29.1%) were female, the maximum number of patients affected with HIV found were in the age group of 31-45 years.