Health-related quality of life of HIV infected adults with and without Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northwest Ethiopia

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Authors

Mekuriaw Alemayehu · University of Gondar

Mamo Wubshet · St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

Abstract

HIV-VL coinfected patients had a poor quality of life in all the domains of the WHOQoL-HIV instrument. Depression, duration of ART and education were strongly associated with the quality of life. Depression should be targeted for intervention to improve the quality of life.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 65-65

DOI: 10.1186/s12955-017-0636-6

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