Highly active antiretroviral treatment and health related quality of life in South African adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional analytical study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Louwagie, Goedele M ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^b   Meyer, Kobus ^c   Booysen, Frikkie Le R ^c   Fairall, Lara R ^d   Heunis, Christo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 38349133413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-244     Document Type: Article

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