Pain among ambulatory HIV/AIDS patients: Multicenter study of prevalence, intensity, associated factors, and effect

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 704-713

  Namisango, Eve ^a   Harding, Richard ^b,c   Atuhaire, Leonard ^d   Ddungu, Henry ^d   Katabira, Elly ^d   Muwanika, Fred Roland ^d   Powell, Richard A ^a  

^a AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

function; HIV; pain interference; pain rating; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOME SCALE HIV; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 84863004236     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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