ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2023
Determinants of health-related quality of life in people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, failing first-line treatment in Africa.
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Resistance Testing Versus Adherence Support for Management of Patients With Virologic Failure on First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Direct and indirect factors associated with health-related quality of life among PLHIV on second-line antiretroviral therapy at Dessie and Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals in Ethiopia: application of structural equation modelling.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Trends in Physical Activity Among Older Adults With and Without HIV in Uganda.Journal of aging and health · 2026Article
- Adherence to antiretroviral treatment in adults with HIV: knowledge translation in website creation.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
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21 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAntiretroviral treatment improves health related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH). However, one third initiating first-line treatment experience virological failure and the determinants of HRQoL in this key population are unknown. Our study aims to identify determinants of among PWH failing antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa.
methodsWe analysed data from a cohort of PWH having virological failure (> 1,000 copies/mL) on first-line ART in South Africa and Uganda. We measured HRQoL using the EuroQOL EQ-5D-3L and used a two-part regression model to obtain by-country analyses for South Africa and Uganda. The first part identifies risk factors that were associated with the likelihood of participants reporting perfect health (utility = 1) versus non-perfect health (utility < 1). The second part identifies risk factors that were associated with the EQ-5 L-3L utility scores for participants reporting non-perfect health. We performed sensitivity analyses to compare the results between the two-part model using tobit models and ordinary least squares regression.
resultsIn both countries, males were more likely to report perfect health and participants with at least one comorbidity were less likely to report perfect health. In South Africa, participants with side effects and in Uganda those with opportunistic infections were also less likely to report perfect health. In Uganda, participants with 100% ART adherence were more likely to report perfect health. In South Africa, high HIV viral load, experiencing ART side effects, and the presence of opportunistic infections were each associated with lower HRQoL, whereas participants with 100% ART adherence reported higher HRQoL. In Uganda participants with lower CD4 count had lower HRQoL.
conclusionMarkers of advanced disease (opportunistic infection, high viral load, low CD4), side effects, comorbidities and lack of ART adherence negatively impacted HRQoL for PWH experiencing virological failure.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02787499.
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