Health-related quality of life among adults living with HIV
A cross-sectional survey in Armenia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19441192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tatevik Balayan (0000-0003-4478-4129, Harvard Global Health Institute, corresponding author), Christopher R Sudfeld (0000-0002-3203-3638, Harvard University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-30 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2019.1709615 |
| PMID | 31893936 |
| OpenAlex | W2997597203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
Few studies have examined health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 180 PLWHIV aged 18 years+ in Armenia who were on cART and used the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey to assess HRQoL. The highest HRQoL domain score was 85.3 (SD 24.7) for physical functioning, followed by 82.1 (SD 25.0) for pain, 77.9 (SD 24.2) for social functioning, 76.4 (SD 39.6) for emotional role-functioning, 71.1 (SD 39.7) for physical role-functioning, and 64.0 (SD 20.3) for energy/fatigue, 63.7 (SD 22.7) for emotional well-being and 63.4 for general health 63.4 (SD 21.2). In the physical domain, chronic comorbidities and low emotional support were associated with worse physical functioning, physical role-functioning, general health and pain scores (p < 0.05). Unemployment and hepatitis C coinfection were associated with worse physical role functioning and pain scores (p < 0.01). As for mental HRQoL, we found that unemployment, chronic comorbidities, and lower emotional support were associated with poorer emotional well-being, energy, and emotional role-functioning scores (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that improved social support, employment opportunities, mental health services and integrated care for noncommunicable comorbidities may improve HRQoL in Armenia and similar settings
Cross-sectional study · Mental health · Psychiatry · Social support · Clinical Psychology · HIV Research and Treatment · HIV-related health complications and treatments · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |