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Causal model of health: Health‐related quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS in the northern region of Thailand
Author(s) -
Tangkawanich Thitiarpha,
Yunibhand Jintana,
Thanasilp Sureeporn,
Magilvy Kathy
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00400.x
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , social support , antiretroviral treatment , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , health care , antiretroviral therapy , family medicine , psychology , nursing , viral load , economics , psychotherapist , economic growth
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationships between age, antiretroviral treatment, social support, symptom experience, self‐care strategies, and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL). The subjects were 422 people living with HIV/AIDS. The data were collected via the Personal Resource Questionnaire 85 part 2, Symptom Experience Questionnaire, Self‐care Strategies Questionnaire, and HRQOL Questionnaire. The results revealed that symptom experience had a significant negative direct effect on the HRQOL. Age, social support, antiretroviral treatment, and self‐care strategies had a significant positive direct effect on the HRQOL. Moreover, social support and antiretroviral treatment had an indirect effect on the HRQOL via self‐care strategies. The findings indicated that the health‐care team should promote social support, both in the family and the community, including antiretroviral treatment, for enhanced HRQOL in people living with HIV/AIDS in the future.