Although the prevalence and complexity of pain management in HIV/AIDS has been
described in the literature, little is known about the management of pain from the patient …

A phenomenological design was used to elicit data about the experience of pain caused by
HIV from 21 men and 1 woman who attended ambulatory clinics. Data were generated …

A growing body of literature has demonstrated the widespread undertreatment of pain in
patients with AIDS. While clinician-related barriers to cancer pain management have been …

A number of studies have demonstrated that pain is dramatically undertreated among
patients with AIDS and that opioids in particular are rarely prescribed. To date, however …

Pain is a common problem among hospitalized persons with AIDS (PWAs), yet it has not
been well studied. The purpose of this study was to understand, using the …

HIV/AIDS-related pain remains a clinically challenging condition despite recent advances in
treatment modalities. The existing data on pain in HIV-positive persons demonstrate a high …

Pain is highly prevalent in individuals with HIV disease, yet is often overlooked as a
symptom requiring clinical intervention. We evaluated the adequacy of analgesic …

The high prevalence, underassessment, and undertreatment of pain throughout the course
of HIV disease make understanding the barriers and inequalities in HIV/AIDS-related pain …

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of pain, how pain affects patients' lives, what
treatments are being used, and the effectiveness of these pain treatments in ambulatory …

Self-reports of 32 symptoms and their treatments were obtained from patients of three
palliative care programs that provide services to seriously ill HIV patients (≥ 95% AIDS) in …