More Than 20 Years of Research into the Quality of Life of People with HIV and AIDS—A Descriptive Review of Study Characteristics and Methodological Approaches of Published Empirical Studies

Our descriptive review stresses both the increasing significance and the challenges of research into quality of life of PLWHA such as the great variety of instruments used. The limits of this review are discussed and we conclude with the formulation of research desiderata concerning comparative review studies on instruments and systematic reviews of frequent research questions.