Quality of life among people living with acquired immune deficiency syndrome receiving anti-retroviral therapy: A study from Nepal

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-282

  Giri, Smith ^a   Neupane, Maniraj ^a   Pant, Sushil ^a   Timalsina, Utsav ^a   Koirala, Sagar ^a   Timalsina, Santosh ^a   Sharma, Sashi ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

AIDS; Nepal; Quality of life; WHO QOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; NEPAL; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84884748866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S50726     Document Type: Article

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