Problems undermining the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Spain: a qualitative study to inform the development of a novel clinic screening tool

K Safreed-Harmon, MJ Fuster-RuizdeApodaca… - Health and Quality of …, 2022 - Springer
Background In settings with high antiretroviral therapy coverage, numerous health-related
issues continue to undermine the health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people …

Health-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan

A Ahmed, M Saqlain, N Bashir, J Dujaili, F Hashmi… - Quality of Life …, 2021 - Springer
Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is considered to be the fourth 90 of
UNAIDS 90-90-90 target to monitor the effects of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Use of quality‐of‐life instruments for people living with HIV: a global systematic review and meta‐analysis

Y Zhang, C He, T Peasgood, ESG Hulse… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Due to the effectiveness of combined antiretroviral therapy and its growing
availability worldwide, most people living with HIV (PLHIV) have a near‐normal life …

Assessing quality of life in people with HIV in Spain: psychometric testing of the Spanish version of WHOQOL-HIV-BREF

MJ Fuster-RuizdeApodaca, A Laguía… - Health and Quality of life …, 2019 - Springer
Background The assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people living with
HIV (PLHIV) has become crucial to evidence-based practice. The goals of this study are to …

Factors associated with the quality of life of people living with HIV in Finland

N Nobre, M Pereira, RP Roine, H Sintonen, J Sutinen - AIDS care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the concept of quality of life (QoL) has received significant attention in the
HIV/AIDS literature. In Finland, however, the factors associated with the QoL of people living …

Determinants of depressive symptoms in people living with HIV: findings from a population-based study with a gender perspective

I Bayes-Marin, L Egea-Cortés, J Palacio-Vieira… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depressive symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLWH). The aim of this
study was to identify the determinants of depressive symptoms in PLWH in Spain. A total of …

The association of financial difficulties and out-of-pocket payments with health-related quality of life among breast, prostate and colorectal cancer patients

JP Koskinen, N Färkkilä, H Sintonen, T Saarto… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Financial difficulties experienced by cancer patients may affect their health-
related quality of life (HRQoL). This study assessed the direct economic burden that out-of …

Prevalence, patterns, and perceived value of complementary and alternative medicine among HIV patients: a descriptive study

M Bahall - BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread among
different patient populations despite the availability of evidence-based conventional …

Social support in newly diagnosed people living with HIV: expectations and satisfaction along time, predictors, and mental health correlates

H Garrido-Hernansaiz… - Journal of the Association …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Social support usually decreases following HIV diagnosis, and decreased support is related
to worsening mental health. We investigated the evolution of social support after HIV …

Calidad de vida relacionada a la salud en personas con VIH y factores asociados

SG Cabrera Alonso, Z Arteta Dalchiele… - Revista Médica del …, 2018 - scielo.edu.uy
Introducción: aunque existe una mejoría significativa en la sobrevida consecuencia del
impacto del tratamiento antirretroviral (TARV), numerosos estudios demuestran que existe …