Physical and emotional health outcomes after 12 months of public-sector antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province of South Africa

This study provides evidence that the South African public-sector ART programme is effective in delivering sustained improvement in patient well-being. However, the results should encourage clinicians and lay health workers to be vigilant regarding the adverse effects of treatment, because they can seriously affect physical and emotional QoL

Adverse effect · Antiretroviral therapy · Antiretroviral treatment · Biostatistics · Cohort · Cohort study · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Longitudinal study · Physical therapy · Public health · Quality of life (healthcare · Structural equation modeling · Viral load · Demography · HIV-related health complications and treatments · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Internal Medicine

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