Prevalence, burden, and correlates of physical and psychological symptoms among HIV palliative care patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: An international multicenter study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Harding, Richard ^a   Selman, Lucy ^a   Agupio, Godfrey ^b   Dinat, Natalya ^e   Downing, Julia ^c   Gwyther, Liz ^f,g   Mashao, Thandi ^g   Mmoledi, Keletso ^e   Moll, Tony ^h   Sebuyira, Lydia Mpanga ^d   Ikin, Barbara ^f   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^c AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h Philanjalo Hospice ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; palliative care; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROWSINESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; LACK OF ENERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SAD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORRY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863597046     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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