HUBUNGAN INDEKS MASSA TUBUH RENDAH DENGAN GANGGUAN KOGNITIF PADA PENDERITA HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

Introduction. Cognitive decline as neuropsychiatric complications most often occur in people with HIV infection. Nutritional status is an important predictor of AIDS progression and survival in patients with HIV. Body mass index (BMI) is an important measure of nutritional status in patients with HIV infection. The aim of this research is to assess the proportion of cognitive decline among patients with HIV and to compare the occurrence of cognitive decline between low BMI and normal range BMI in patients with HIV. Methods. A cross-sectional study with consecutive sampling will taking 96 subjects of the study population of HIV patients in the Edelweis clinic DR. Sardjito general hospital Yogyakarta starting in January 2011 who fulfill eligibility criteria. Assessment of cognitive decline derived from the MMSE examination. Trial making test A and B are added to measure psychomotor speed. The other variables are taken into account in this study were age, gender, educational level, marital status, CD4 count administration of ARV, duration of HIV, Anemia, thrombocytopenia, and total lymphocyte count. Result. Hypothesis testing is done by Chi-square test with p