Factors related to quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante, Spain

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PURPOSE: To analyze the determinants that influence the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Alicante (Spain).

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted, which recruited 214 Spanish-speaking participants over 18 years of age living with HIV from an outpatient consulting office of the infectious diseases in a hospital in Alicante between 2013 and 2014. A self-administration sociodemographic survey and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) was used to assess health-related quality of life. This questionnaire measures health on 8domains.

RESULTS: 70% of the participants were male, 50% had CD4 cell count between 200-499 cells/mm3 and 20% were infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). For the 8SF-36v2 scales, the average scores were higher than 45. Men presented better scores than women; there were statistically significant differences in all the scales except for general health. Being co-infected with HCV and being unemployed or other situations other than having a job were significantly associated with a lower physical component summary, while being married or having a partner were significantly associated with a higher score in the mental component summary.

CONCLUSION: The socioeconomic level and the presence of clinical factors such as HCV influence the scales of quality of life of physical health among adults living with HIV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) - 39(2021), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 127-133

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Factores relacionados con la calidad de vida en personas que viven con el VIH en Alicante, España

Beteiligte Personen:

García-López, Yina Lizeth [VerfasserIn]
Bernal-Soriano, Mari Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Torrús-Tendero, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Delgado de Los Reyes, José Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Castejón-Bolea, Ramón [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Adulto
Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud
Cross-sectional studies
Cuestionario autoadministrado por los pacientes
Estudios transversales
Female
HIV/AIDS
Health related quality of life
Hombre
Journal Article
Male
Mujer
Patient-reported outcomes
VIH/sida

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.10.2021

Date Revised 06.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eimc.2020.03.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310264278