The health-related quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Hughes, Janeen ^a   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Maclean, Emilou ^b   Darder, Marta ^b   Tinise, Xolani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842788239     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001662932     Document Type: Article

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