Trends and predictors of quality of life among HIV-infected adults taking highly active antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 626-636

  Stangl, A L ^a   Wamai, N ^b   Mermin, J ^c   Awor, A C ^a   Bunnell, R E ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 34248575922     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701203915     Document Type: Article

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