Introduction Availability of anti-retroviral treatment has changed HIV in to a manageable
chronic disease, making effective self-management essential. However, only a few studies …

Physician-Patient communication (PPC) has been linked to patient adjustment outcomes.
However, conflicting results have been reported and previous systematic reviews showed …

Abstract Background Medication Adherence (MA) and Health Related Quality of Life
(HRQoL) are two inter-connected concepts, co-influenced by Health Literacy (HL), with …

Osteoarthritis causes a number of physical ailments, which result in the deterioration of a
persons' general health and reduction of their ability to move freely. This cross-sectional …

Objective: To investigate the joint impact of tinnitus-related distress (TRD), anxiety,
depressive symptoms, and other somatization symptoms on health-related quality of life …

Background. Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure to understand the effect of
diseases on patients' daily living. Yet, the research on QoL among patients with chronic …

Las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (ECV) representan un desafío principal en términos
de mortalidad y repercusión económica para los sistemas de salud en México e …

Background Sarcopenia has been associated with a lower quality of life (QoL). However,
studies on this association from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are scarce. Aims …

Introduction Periodontitis, as a chronic, multifactorial inflammatory disease, has complex
relationships with other diseases and ultimately with well-being. The aim of this cross …

Background There is increasing recognition of connective tissue disorders and their
influence on disease in the general population. A conserved clinical phenotype involving …