CORRELATION OF COGNITIVE SCORES WITH CD4 AMONG HIV CHILD IN PAEDIATRIC POLYCLINIC, SANGLAH HOSPITAL, DENPASAR, BALI
Putu indah Budi Apsari, I Nyoman Supadma
faculty of medicine and health sciences, warmadewa University
Abstract
Cognitive, motoric and language aspect of HIV children is an important issue that affect developmental milestone and quality of life. The effect of HIV infection on cognitive function remains unclear. This study aimed to assess correlation of cognitive scores with CD4 among HIV child in Paediatric polyclinic Sanglah Hospital, Bali. This cross sectional study recruited 68 HIV child age 0-36 months old as participants. Cognitive score was assessed using CAT/CLAMS scores, HIV status was obtained from medical record. The result showed average of CD4 among subject was 29.85 cells/mm3, there was positive correlation between CAT scores with CD4 count (r = 0.33, p = 0.006) and also between CLAMS scores with CD4 count (r = 0.307, p = 0.01). It can be concluded CD4 count correlated with cognitive scores on HIV child.
Keywords: HIV child, cognitive score, CAT/CLAMS
Topic: Biology