General Article Study identifies issues affecting the quality of life of patients living with HIV

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Fears about transmitting HIV to others, worries about the future, self-esteem problems, difficulty sleeping and treatment issues are now important quality of life concerns for people living with HIV that are not measured by existing resources, according to a report on a new quality of life measurement tool published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

The tool – called PROQOL-HIV (Patient Report Outcomes Quality of Life-HIV) – was developed with the ...

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