Abstract：
:Perceived health-related quality of life (QOL) of 113 adult people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) attending an outpatient hospital clinic was assessed upon initial registration using the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36. QOL ratings on both physical functioning and psychological well-being aspects of the SF-36 were lower than for the general population, especially among PHA in the sample who were symptomatic or for whom AIDS had developed. Although not compromised in terms of physical functioning, asymptomatic PHA had well-being QOL scores comparable to other chronic medical conditions. In general, demographic, social, and many of the health and immune status variables examined were not significantly related to QOL. Number of symptoms was negatively associated with both physical status and emotional well-being dimensions of QOL. PHA in the asymptomatic stage of HIV infection reported better QOL than symptomatic/AIDS patients on few QOL dimensions. Mean QOL ratings did not significantly differ between AIDS patients and those with symptomatic (non-AIDS) infection. These findings suggest that although becoming symptomatic has a significant impact on a majority of dimensions of QOL, being diagnosed with HIV affects well-being dimensions the most. An emphasis on support for both adjusting to diagnosis and symptom management is as important as viral suppression in maximizing QOL for PHA.
journal_name
Int J STD AIDSjournal_title
International journal of STD & AIDSauthors
Burgoyne RW,Saunders DSdoi
10.1258/0956462011923598subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-08-01 00:00:00pages
505-12issue
8eissn
0956-4624issn
1758-1052journal_volume
12pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:We measured plasma human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) DNA load in consecutive patients presenting with HIV-associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) and in contemporaneous patients who had Kaposi sarcoma (KS), lymphoma or other diagnoses. All 11 patients with MCD had detectable plasma HHV8 DNA compared with 18 (72%) of ...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2011.010464
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Seventy-two blood donors who were tested positive by the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service (SBTS) for Treponema pallidum haemagglutination (TPHA) test, were evaluated at the Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic (DSC) between November 1994 to December 1996. All underwent syphilis serological testing, in...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/0956462971919237
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gonorrhoea in the UK is now a highly focal problem that is localized to certain inner city areas where it presents a significant public health concern. However, the majority of men and a proportion of women infested with Neisseria gonorrhoeae do not experience symptoms of sufficient intensity to prompt them to seek me...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/0956462981922539
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of delivering HIV test results by telephone on HIV testing and subsequent risk behaviour of men, as well as saving on clinic consultation time. It was conducted at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, the main public sexual health clinic servicing Victoria, Australia. In 2...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462415623912
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Despite successes in efforts to integrate HIV testing into routine care in emergency departments, challenges remain. Kiosk-facilitated, directed HIV self-testing offers one novel approach to address logistical challenges. Emergency department patients, 18-64 years, were recruited to evaluate use of tablet-based-kiosks...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462413487321
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We present the case of a 58-year-old HIV-infected patient with adrenal insufficiency after local injection of triamcinolone, most likely due to drug-drug interaction with his ritonavir-boosted antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is the first case of adrenal insufficiency occurring without prior symptoms of Cushing's sy...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462418768689
更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Risk factors for HIV infection in partners of HIV-seropositive index cases were investigated in a cross-sectional survey. Between September 1992 and April 1994 a total of 251 HIV-infected persons and 76 of their sexual partners were interviewed at the main sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) clinic in Trinidad. All p...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/0956462981921918
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a multisystem disease that can involve the human eyes. Using ophthalmic examination records from January 2006 to November 2015, we retrospectively reviewed all patients who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in our hospital. The study was perfor...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462417694569
更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:HIV-1 and HSV-2 are frequent genital co-infections in women. To determine how self-collected genital swabs compare to provider-collected cervicovaginal lavage, paired self-collected genital swabs and cervicovaginal lavage from women co-infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2 were evaluated. Women were in an acyclovir clinical t...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462416650123
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Despite many reports of HIV-infected African children who have HIV-uninfected mothers, little is known about the extent and modes of horizontal HIV transmission in African children. We estimated the extent of horizontal HIV transmission in Swazi children by comparing child and mother HIV statuses in the 2006-2007 Swaz...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2009.009204
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We present the updated British Association for Sexual Health and HIV guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE). This document includes a review of the current data to support the use of PEPSE, considers how to calculate the risks of infection after a potential exposure, and provide...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462416641813
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Antiretroviral treatment roll-out programmes in Africa often have difficulties to cope with the increasing number of clients. Based on the findings of a survey carried out in 2005 that showed long waiting times, innovative organizational changes (nurse visits and pharmacy-only refill visits) were introduced in our cli...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2008.008174
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/0956462041211234
更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:For the purpose of surveillance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended criteria for the clinical case definition of AIDS in adults and children. In a preliminary examination of children in Zambia a number of patients with obvious AI...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/095646249300400204
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed HIV-1 infection from an invariably fatal disease into a chronic infection requiring lifelong treatment. However, the challenges we still face are the urgent need to provide affordable sustainable therapy to the millions of infected individuals who live in re...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1258/095646206777689035
更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study of sexual behaviour in the city of Lisbon is based on data obtained from 2 random samples, one of individuals aged 16-20 (n = 400) and another of individuals over the age of 20 (n = 400). Samples have been stratified by district, gender and age. Data were obtained by personal interview and by questionnaires...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1177/095646249500600108
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2011.010200
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In Ireland the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is steadily increasing while the number of new HIV-diagnoses in men who have sex with men has more than doubled in the past decade. This study investigated the prevalence of STIs in asymptomatic HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) attending a ...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462414521165
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Russian Federation has had a well developed state system for the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) since World War II. The system is centered around clinical dermatovenereology (DV) services controlled by the Ministry of Health, and in the regions by the Divisions of Health Care. D...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:During the mid-1980s Australia experienced a remarkable decline in HIV incidence that can rightly be considered a public health milestone of global importance. The effects of this decline lasted for about 20 years and greatly benefited all Australians. In contrast, as we enter the mid-2000s, we see the global epidemic...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1258/095646206779307612
更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Tanzania has high human immunodeficiency virus and human herpes virus-8 rates linked to Kaposi's sarcoma. We conducted a study at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to examine changes in proportions of Kaposi's sarcoma to all cancers over the period (2006-2011) of increased acquired immune defi...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462414544724
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the factors relating to CD4 level at HIV diagnosis and HIV testing behaviour. Participants were newly diagnosed patients (n = 654) in Japan from 2000 to 2005. Around 75% of participants were diagnosed at hospital and clinics. Mean CD4 counts at diagnosis through voluntary HIV t...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2009.009493
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recognising the initial clinical presentation of acute HIV infection could enable earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy and appropriate counselling to reduce the risk of transmission to others. Herein, we describe an unusual case of acute HIV infection presenting as limbic encephalitis and rhabdomyolysis. ...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1177/0956462414560777
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Women attending a dedicated medical gynaecology and family planning referral clinic for women with HIV were surveyed using a standard questionnaire about their knowledge and attitudes to post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE) and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Eighty percent of them had not h...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2007.007159
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The current standard treatment for cerebral toxoplasmosis (pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine) often encounters problems of poor tolerability, adverse effects, frequent dropouts and non-availability of pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine in some parts of India. We have had to use the combination of two effective alternative agents for...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Five hundred and twenty consecutive women newly attending a genitourinary medicine clinic who participated in a study of sexual behaviour were also tested for type-specific antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2; 135 (26%) were seropositive, of whom only 29 (21.5%) had had clinical evidence of genital herpes. Seropos...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between June 1996-September 1997 and December 1998-December 1999, two surveys using an anonymous questionnaire were carried out in Europe among persons living with HIV infection. The questionnaire included questions on use of antiretrovirals, complementary or alternative medicines. Vitamins/minerals were taken by 528 ...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/095646203322387929
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Increasing screening frequency in men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in high-risk behaviours can reduce prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This evaluation investigated the impact of applying stricter screening guidelines for MSM on service workload and earlier STI diagnoses. A validated risk a...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Adolescents are at high risk for HIV acquisition, and thus need to be included in HIV vaccine trials. In preparation for inclusion of adolescents in HIV vaccine trials in an urban community in Cape Town with a high antenatal HIV prevalence, the study assessed the attitudes towards the inclusion of adolescents in HIV v...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 21-year-old man presented to genitourinary (GU) medicine physicians with (initially) painful penile and scrotal swelling. A diagnosis of ano-genital granulomatosis was confirmed on histological analysis of penile skin. Enquiring about systemic symptoms resulted in the additional diagnosis of gastrointestinal Crohn's...
journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1258/ijsa.2012.012183
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
