Research Article: Quality of Life and Associated Factors of HIV Patients Under Treatment with First Line Regimens in Public Hospitals in Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia
Abstract:
Quality of life is among the major factors involving the status of health and well-being of HIV patients, and improved quality of life is among the prominent goals of treatment. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects immune cells, abolishing or weakening their function and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. HIV-infected patients have higher probability of being exposed to opportunistic infections (OIs) or developing HIV-related cancers compared to others. For patients on first-line regimens, to have a long life with the HIV virus, it is recommended that viral replication is suppressed with good adherence which further leads to improvements of the quality of life of patients under treatment.
Introduction:
Quality of life is among the major factors involving the status of health and well-being of HIV patients, and improved quality of life is among the prominent goals of treatment. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects immune cells, abolishing or weakening their function and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. HIV-infected patients have higher probability of being exposed to opportunistic infections (OIs) or developing HIV-related cancers compared to others.…
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