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Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2017

Testing a model of health-related quality of life in women living with HIV infection.

Nahed S Alsayed, Susan M Sereika, Susan A Albrecht, Martha A Terry, Judith A Erlen

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Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Relationships between cognition, function, and quality of life among HIV+ Canadian men.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020
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  5. Health-related quality of life assessment among people living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Nahed S AlsayedSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA. nsa12@pitt.edu.
Susan M SereikaSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
Susan A AlbrechtSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
Martha A TerryGraduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
Judith A ErlenSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this secondary analysis was to test Ferrans et al.'s (J Nurs Scholarsh 37(4):336-342, 2005) revised model of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (2005) modified from the Wilson and Cleary (J Am Med Assoc 273(1):59-65, 1995) model on women living with HIV. The primary aim was to test this model, examining the relations among the five central components (biological function, symptoms, functional status, general health perceptions, and HRQoL). The secondary aim was to explore the individual (age, children, race, marital status, education) and environmental (HIV-related stigma, social support) characteristics that may impact the main components of the model.

methodsThis study employed a cross-sectional correlational design using baseline data from 178 women living with HIV/AIDS who participated in one of the two independent randomized controlled trials designed to enhance HIV medication adherence. Path analysis using structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized multivariate relations proposed in the revised Wilson and Cleary (J Am Med Assoc 273(1):59-65, 1995) model of HRQoL.

resultsWhile the revised model did not fit, exploratory post hoc modified models with a path from depressive symptoms to overall general health had an adequate model fit. Women with lower depressive symptoms (r = -.457, p < .01), lower HIV-related stigma (r = -.462, p < .01), higher social support (r = .413, p < .01), higher physical functioning (r = .350, p < .01), and higher general health perceptions (r = .537, p < .01) had higher overall HRQoL.

conclusionsThe results of this study have the potential to assist healthcare professionals in improving HRQoL for women living with HIV/AIDS.

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Models, TheoreticalPatient ComplianceQuality of LifeAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCross-Sectional StudiesDepressive DisorderFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMiddle AgedOhioPennsylvaniaReproducibility of ResultsWomen's HealthDepressive symptomsHealth-related quality of lifeHIV stigmaSocial supportWilson and Cleary modelWomen with HIV

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PMID28004319

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