Open AccessA study of neuropsychological profile of human immunodeficiency virus-positive children and adolescents on antiretroviral therapy
Author(s) -
Vasantmeghna S Murthy,
Ameeya Kumar Nayak,
Minal K Joshi,
Kaneenica Ninawe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_200_17
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , clinical psychology , antiretroviral therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , neuropsychological assessment , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , cognition , pediatrics , viral load , immunology , nursing
The aim is to study the neuropsychological and functional profile of children and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the association between the neuropsychological status and medical illness variables, treatment variables, and functional status in the cases of the sample and compare with normal controls.