The heart in HAART: quality of life of patients enrolled in the public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State province of South Africa

Booysen, F. Le R., Van Rensburg, H. C. J., Bachmann, M. O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506, Louwagie, G. and Fairall, L. (2007) The heart in HAART: quality of life of patients enrolled in the public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State province of South Africa. Social Indicators Research, 81 (2). pp. 283-329. ISSN 1573-0921

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Abstract

This paper reports on the quality of life of patients enrolled in the public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in the Free State province of South Africa. Statistical analysis of cross-sectional data reveals that it is not access to treatment per se that enhances the quality of life of those who have come forward for ART. Rather, it is the health benefits associated with treatment, levels of stigmatisation, quality health care services, and the ability of persons to access support and care, both from within and outside the health care sector, that are independently associated with improvements in and differences in levels of quality of life.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:09
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2023 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/12233
DOI:	10.1007/s11205-006-9011-4

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