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The Health Related Quality of Life of HIV Positive Respondents on Antiretroviral Treatment and HIV Negative Living in Lower Socio-Economic Housing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • Prishah Narsai

    (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Champaklal C. Jinabhai

    (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Myra Taylor

    (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Fred Stevens

    (Medicine and Life Sciences Maastricht University)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living in lower socio-economic areas comparing HIV positive on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and HIV negative respondents and investigating the factors associated with their HRQoL. In total 600 respondents in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal were included from both phase one (household sample) and phase two (clinic sample). The Euro Quality of life (EQ 5D) instrument and the Visual Analogue Score (EQ-VAS) were used. The majority of the respondents (79.0 %) were females, and those who were HIV positive on ART were younger than those who were HIV negative, mean age [34.8 years (8.85 SD) vs. 37.1 years (14.65 SD; HIV negative females; p = 0.02)]. Males with a higher perceived quality of health—score >50 % were two and a half times more likely to have attended high school and to experience no pain/discomfort when compared to those reporting pain/discomfort (OR 0.32, 95 % CI 0.16, 0.64). The odds of females reporting problems with their mobility and usual activities compared to no such problems, were associated with lower EQ VAS scores [OR 2.10 (1.20, 3.67) and OR 2.22 (1.21, 4.08)], respectively. For both HIV positive respondents on ART and HIV negative respondents living in lower socio economic housing, interventions are needed to reduce the prevalence of pain/discomfort, and increase their mobility and ability to engage in their usual activities in order to improve their HRQol. Further, more longitudinal studies are required.

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  • Prishah Narsai & Champaklal C. Jinabhai & Myra Taylor & Fred Stevens, 2016. "The Health Related Quality of Life of HIV Positive Respondents on Antiretroviral Treatment and HIV Negative Living in Lower Socio-Economic Housing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 127(2), pages 851-863, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:127:y:2016:i:2:d:10.1007_s11205-015-0970-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-0970-1
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    1. F Booysen & H Van Rensburg & M Bachmann & G Louwagie & L Fairall, 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: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 81(2), pages 283-329, April.
    2. Prishah Narsai & Myra Taylor & Champaklall Jinabhai & Fred Stevens, 2013. "Variations in housing satisfaction and health status in four lower socio-economic housing typologies in the eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 367-385, September.
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