Changes in Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in Treatment for HIV

Patient-centered measures of functioning and well-being are needed to monitor and improve health for HIV-infected persons. We estimated the associations between HRQOL and symptoms over time in HIV-infected persons, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics using a longitudinal study of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Quality of life research 2006-08, Vol.15 (6), p.951-958
Hauptverfasser:	Lorenz, Karl A., Cunningham, William E., Spritzer, Karen L., Hays, Ron D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic degrees Adult AIDS Associate degrees Catchment Area (Health) Clinical and Policy Applications Female Follow-Up Studies Geography Health care industry HIV HIV infections HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - physiopathology HIV Infections - psychology Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Male Mental health Middle Aged Prospective Studies Quality of life Quality of Life - psychology Sickness Impact Profile Standard deviation Symptoms United States Wellbeing
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Zusammenfassung:	Patient-centered measures of functioning and well-being are needed to monitor and improve health for HIV-infected persons. We estimated the associations between HRQOL and symptoms over time in HIV-infected persons, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics using a longitudinal study of a nationally representative cohort of 2267 patients in care for HIV infection surveyed in 1996 and again in 1998. We used two global measures of HRQOL (overall health and overall quality of life) scored to have a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10 in the sample. The total number of symptoms decreased (-1.29, p
ISSN:	0962-9343 1573-2649
DOI:	10.1007/s11136-005-6010-x