CORRELATION OF COPING STRATEGY WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN ADAM MALIK CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL IN MEDAN, INDONESIA

There were 519.158 people suffered from HIV/AIDS in Indonesia at the end of Juni 2022, in which North Sumatera ranked the fifth with 13.150 people. HIV/AIDS cause physical, psychological, and social effects on patients; therefore, they need good coping strategy to face their illness and to increase the quality of life. The objective of the research was to analyze the correlation of coping strategy with the quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients in the Special Service Center of H. Adam Malik Central General Hospital, Medan. The research used analytic method with cross sectional design. The population was all HIV/AIDS patients who got ARV therapy in the Special Service Center of H. Adam Malik Central General Hospital, and 55 of them were used as the samples. The result of the research showed that the respondents’ quality of life was in the range of 46.73 to 52.09. The highest score was quality of life in psychological domain (52.09), and the lowest score was the quality of life in physical domain (46.73). Instrument action coping strategy had significant correlation with quality of life in psychological domain at p-value = 0.04, negotiation had significant correlation with quality of life in physical domain at p-value = 0.00, escapism had significant correlation with quality of life in psychological domain (p=0.01) and environmental domain (p=0.01), and minimization coping strategy had significant correlation with quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients in psychological domain (p=0.03) and in social domain (p=0.01). It is recommended that HIV/AIDS patients use negotiation and minimization coping strategies in their problems in order to increase their quality of life.