Quality of life, psychosocial health, and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive women in Zimbabwe

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

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1517-1527

  Patel, Rena ^a   Kassaye, Seble ^b   Gore Felton, Cheryl ^b   Wyshak, Grace ^c   Kadzirange, Gerard ^d   Woelk, Godfrey ^d   Katzenstein, David ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Depression; HIV treatment; Quality of life; Sub Saharan Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77949623037     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120902923055     Document Type: Article

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