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Quality of life of older women living with HIV: comparative assessment of physical and mental health-related markers using a large Canadian Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study

Authors :
Roula Kteily-Hawa
Nisha Andany
Ying Wang
Carmen H. Logie
Wangari Tharao
Tracey Conway
Kath Webster
Alexandra de Pokomandy
Angela Kaida
Robert Hogg
Mona Loutfy
(as senior author) on behalf of the CHIWOS Research Team
Source :
HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 35-47 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Abstract

Objective: This study assessed and compared physical and mental health components of quality of life (QoL) for older and younger women living with HIV (WLWH). Method: Using survey data from the Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study, demographic, well-being, and physical and mental health-related QoL (HR-QoL) variables were compared between older (≥50 years) and younger ( 0.001). Older WLWH had lower social support (p

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
25787470 and 15284336
Volume :
20
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
HIV Research & Clinical Practice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.03215e19256749e8a7d227f6b99c110e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/15284336.2018.1554373