ArticleAIDS care2018
' … But i'm still tired': the experience of fatigue among South African adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy.
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- Experiences and perceptions on antiretroviral therapy adherence and non-adherence: a scoping review of young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Symptom network connectivity and interaction among people with HIV in China: secondary analysis based on a cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Storyboarding HIV Infected Young People's Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Lower- to Upper Middle-Income Countries: A New-Materialist Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Fatigue in children and adolescents perinatally infected with human immunodeficiency virus: an observational study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Observational
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- Correlates of Fatigue Among South African Adolescents Living with HIV and Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Psychosocial predictors of quality of life among South Africa adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Fatigue among South African adolescents living with HIV: Is the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire a suitable measure and how common is fatigue?Vulnerable children and youth studies · 2018Article
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Abstract
In adults with HIV, fatigue is a common and disabling symptom associated with suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), poor health and well-being, reduced economic productivity, and increased health care resource use. Fatigue among adolescents with HIV is relatively unexplored. We recruited 14 adolescents with HIV receiving ART in South Africa whom we interviewed about fatigue. We used thematic analysis to analyse the data. Participants reported difficulties in maintaining concentration at school and resorting to self-care strategies such as napping during school hours. Adolescents also described actively avoiding activities thought to lead to fatigue and spoke of being socially excluded by their peers. The findings demonstrate that adolescents experienced symptoms consistent with a definition of fatigue, which had implications for their academic and social lives.
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