Mild-to-Moderate Symptoms during the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy Worsen Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Individuals | Zendy

Sharon Mannheimer | Zendy; Nicholas Wold | Zendy; Edward M. Gardner | Zendy; Edward E. Telzak | Zendy; Katherine Huppler Hullsiek | Zendy; Margaret A. Chesney | Zendy; Albert W. Wu | Zendy; Rodger D. MacArthur | Zendy; John P. Matts | Zendy; Gerald Friedland | Zendy

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Mild-to-Moderate Symptoms during the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy Worsen Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Individuals

Author(s) -

Sharon Mannheimer,

Nicholas Wold,

Edward M. Gardner,

Edward E. Telzak,

Katherine Huppler Hullsiek,

Margaret A. Chesney,

Albert W. Wu,

Rodger D. MacArthur,

John P. Matts,

Gerald Friedland

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/528859

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sida , viral disease , young adult , viral load , pediatrics , immunology , nursing

Symptoms and quality of life were assessed among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals initiating their first course of antiretroviral therapy. Symptoms, which were mostly mild or moderate, were common in the first year and significantly affected the patients' quality of life. Quality of life was inversely related to the number of symptoms and in the change in the number of symptoms from baseline.

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