Health‐Related Quality of Life and Survival among HIV‐Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Study of Patients in the AIDS Therapy Evaluation in the Netherlands (ATHENA) Cohort | Zendy

Indrek Kolk | Zendy; Mirjam A. G. Sprangers | Zendy; Jan M. Prins | Zendy; Colette Smit | Zendy; Frank de Wolf | Zendy; Pythia T. Nieuwkerk | Zendy

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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Survival among HIV‐Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Study of Patients in the AIDS Therapy Evaluation in the Netherlands (ATHENA) Cohort

Author(s) -

Indrek Kolk,

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers,

Jan M. Prins,

Colette Smit,

Frank de Wolf,

Pythia T. Nieuwkerk

Publication year - 2009

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 - 10.1086/649216

Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , proportional hazards model , survival analysis , quality of life (healthcare) , cohort , sida , antiretroviral therapy , cohort study , log rank test , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , viral disease , immunology , confidence interval , nursing

Previous studies have shown that health-related quality of life (HRQL) predicts survival in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, these studies predated the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era, included only a few patients receiving HAART, or had a limited duration of follow-up. This study investigates whether HRQL predicts survival among HIV-infected patients receiving HAART.

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