| Titre : | Quality of Life of People With HIV/AIDS Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Cuba : A Cross-Sectional Study of the National Population. (2012) |
| Auteurs : | ARAGONES-LOPEZ (Carlos) : CUB. Department of Biostatistics and Informatics. Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine. Havana. ; Arachu CASTRO ; PEREZ-AVILA (Jorge) : CUB. General Direction of the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine. Havana. ; Mary-C SMITH FAWZI ; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Harvard Medical School. Boston. MA. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 102, n° 5, 2012) |
| Pagination : | 884-892 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Homme ; Sida ; Thérapeutique ; Médicament antiviral ; Thérapeutique médicamenteuse ; Chimiothérapie ; Cuba ; Population ; Virose ; Infection ; Antilles ; Amérique ; Immunopathologie ; Amérique centrale |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ErR0xEko. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We studied the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the quality of life (QOL) of Cubans with HIV/AIDS. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study including administration of the Medical Outcomes Study-HIV Health Survey Questionnaire to a representative sample of the 1592 Cubans receiving ART in 2004. For univariate analyses, we compared mean HIV scale scores. We used logistic regression models to estimate the association between role function and year of diagnosis, between pain and sex, and between health transition and region of diagnosis, with adjustment for demographics, ART regimen, and clinical status. Results. There were 354 participants (73 women, 281 men). Scores for all functional activities showed means higher than 80 out of 100. Pain interfered more in women than in men (73.2 vs 81.9 ; P =01). When HIV diagnosis occurred after 2001, the probability of experiencing difficulties performing work (odds ratio [OR]=4.42 ; 95 % CI =1.83,10.73) and pain (OR =1.70 ; 95 % CI =1.01,2.88) increased compared with earlier diagnosis. People treated with indinavir showed a greater perception of general health (58.9 vs 52.4 ; P =045) and greater health improvement (78.6 vs 67.8 ; P =002). Conclusions. Although Cubans receiving ART are maintaining a high QOL, we observed significant differences by sex and time of diagnosis. QOL assessment can serve as a health outcome and may allow identification of QOL reductions potentially related to ART side effects. |
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