The domains of stroke recovery: a synopsis of the literature

P Vanhook - Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the United States. The
neurological insult following a stroke may leave the survivor with a chronic illness …

Quality of life and social support among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Western Uganda

F Bajunirwe, DJ Tisch, CH King, EJ Arts, SM Debanne… - AIDS care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Quality of life (QOL) among patients with HIV/AIDS has been shown to improve once
treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been initiated. We conducted a cross …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life among HIV-infected patients in Brazil after initiation of treatment

LN Campos, CC César, MDC Guimarães - Clinics, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION Despite improvement in clinical treatment for HIV-infected patients, the
impact of antiretroviral therapy on the overall quality of life has become a major concern …

Family support for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV/AIDS

P Mohanan, A Kamath - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2009 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Care and support play a critical role in assisting people who are HIV‐positive to
understand the need for prevention and to enable them to protect others. As the HIV/AIDS …

Quality of life of patients with advanced HIV/AIDS: measuring the impact of both AIDS-defining events and non-AIDS serious adverse events

AH Anis, B Nosyk, H Sun, DP Guh… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the relative magnitude and duration of impact of AIDS-defining
events (ADEs) and non-AIDS serious adverse events (SAEs) on health-related quality of life …

Quality of life, psychosocial health, and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive women in Zimbabwe

R Patel, S Kassaye, C Gore-Felton, G Wyshak… - AIDS care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Little is known about the psychosocial impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among women
in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe to …

[HTML][HTML] Physical and emotional health outcomes after 12 months of public-sector antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province of South Africa: a longitudinal study …

E Wouters, C Heunis, D van Rensburg… - BMC Public Health, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background African and Asian cohort studies have demonstrated the clinical
efficacy of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited settings. However, reports of the …

State of the ART: clinical efficacy and improved quality of life in the public antiretroviral therapy program, Free State province, South Africa

E Wouters, F Van Loon, D Van Rensburg… - AIDS care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The South African public-sector antiretroviral treatment (ART) program has yielded
promising early results. To extend and reinforce these preliminary findings, we undertook a …

Simplification and first validation of a short battery of patient questionnaires for clinical management of HIV-infected patients: the HIV-SQUAD (Symptom Quality of life …

B Spire, B Arnould, F Barbier, J Durant, J Gilquin… - HIV clinical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Questionnaires assessing patient-reported outcomes in HIV are either too long or
not HIV-specific. Our aim was to develop and validate a simplified HIV patient questionnaire …

[HTML][HTML] Factors related to quality of life in treatment-adherent, successfully treated HIV Patients in France

J Côté, P Delmas, C Delpierre, H Sylvain… - The Open Nursing …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objectives of this study were to document the psychosocial characteristics of treatment-
adherent, successfully treated HIV patients and to examine the relationships between …