A Qualitative Study on Why People Living With HIV/AIDS get Hospitalized at a Rural Center in India
My FHM thesis, for review by IRB

Background

Hospitalizations happen because of:

Opportunistic Infections and Bacterial Infections

Drug toxicities

IRIS

Others

But why do these happen?
Causal Network of Hospitalization in PLHA
What is the narrative here? What does the patient say?
Why do this?

Chronic Disease

More drugs

Less deaths

The answer is hidden in the details?

Objective

Explore the reasons of and build a narrative on why and how people living with HIV/AIDS fall sick and become hospitalized at a rural center in Karnataka, India

Methodology

Qualitative study

Focus group discussions and Interviews

Included

Adults (>18 years) living with HIV/AIDS who are hospitalized due to HIV related illness.

Excluded

If the patient is too sick to participate (oxygen dependent, unstable vitals).

Sampling

Convenient sampling will be done

Consent
Interview guide

Ethical Issues

Confidentiality
Family issues
Privacy
Sensitive topics

What out of it?