Open AccessNEUROCOGNITIVE STATUS IN INDONESIAN HIV-INFECTED REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN
Author(s) -
Sarma Nursani Lumbanraja
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i10.24324
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , dementia , psychomotor learning , indonesian , medicine , verbal fluency test , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , neuropsychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , cognition , disease , family medicine , linguistics , philosophy
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) was emerging with the deficits inclusion of psychomotor, memory, attention, and verbal fluency. This situation could increase the burden of an HIV-positive subject in daily activities, either the economic or social burden. However, the cases were more likely isolated without exact prevalence data.Objective: This study aims to find the prevalence of HIV-HAND in Indonesia.Methods: This was an analytical research with cross-sectional design to assess neurocognitive status in reproductive age mothers who took regular ARVs for more than 6 months. Neurocognitive impairment in AIDS is diagnosed with the International HIV dementia scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0Results: In this study, no subjects were diagnosed with had neurocognitive impairment. Only 1 of 29 subjects (3.4%) with CD4>350/mm3 had slight psychomotor disorders.Conclusion: This study showed that no subject with HIV infection in had dementia or neurocognitive impairment.