Health-related quality-of-life measurements in HIV/AIDS care

Authors
Citation
P. Tsasis, Health-related quality-of-life measurements in HIV/AIDS care, AIDS PAT CA, 14(8), 2000, pp. 427-438
Citations number
87
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS
ISSN journal
1087-2914 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
427 - 438
Database
ISI
SICI code
1087-2914(200008)14:8<427:HQMIHC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) for patients infec ted with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is still in evolution. With the development of antiretroviral therapies and prophylaxis treatments for opportunistic infections, for many individuals HIV infection has become a chronic illness. Very few studies have been undertaken toward understanding the patient's experience of integrating HIV infection as a chronic illness into one's life and the impact of therapy on the quality of the patient's life. To stimulate research into this area, a review of existing studies, w ith an emphasis on different types of HRQL measurements was undertaken to i dentify a comprehensive set of measures that allow one to examine the more diffuse impact of the illness on activities of daily living within the soci al, physical, mental, and existential domains.