• Nazish Parveen
• Dr. Nasheed Imtiaz

Abstract People living with AIDS have an HIV virus but it does not mean that people with HIV have AIDS. HIV is a virus which is harmful to human being. Sometimes this virus does not indicate the symptoms of HIV, thus unawareness enhance their problems due to disease and causes damage to their health and life both, otherwise if they were aware of this, they would have option for treatment for better life. HIV is a communicable disease and without having any kind of treatment virus can be spread into the bloodstream which influence the individual’s immune system results in people become unable to fight with another disease. HIV virus attacks CD4 T-helper cell that helps to manage our immune system and this kind of cell was presented into the blood. Hence, it is important to take care of this for their safety. A person with no intervention goes to the last stage of HIV virus that is AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME). The aim of the present study is to examine the impact of social support on quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients. Data was collected from Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College AMU Aligarh. With the help of purposive sampling Regression analyses was used to analyze the data by using social support scale developed by Pierce, Frone, Russell and Cooper (1996) including 40 items which is the short version of Interpersonal Support Evaluation List having 15 items developed by Cohen, Mermelstein, Kamarck, and Hoberman (1985) and quality of life scale developed by WHOQOL group viz., Orley & Kuyken, 1994; Szabo, 1996; WHOQOL Group 1994a, 1994b, 1995.WHOQOL consists of 26 items. Result of the present study revealed that social support significantly influence on quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients.

Keywords: Social Support, Quality of Life.

"Impact of social support on quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.280-294, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905R41.pdf

"Impact of social support on quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp280-294, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905R41.pdf