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 |
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| Authors: | F Le R Booysen H C J Van Rensburg M Bachmann G Louwagie L Fairall |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa;(2) School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;(3) Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Free State, 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa;(4) Cape Town Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, South Africa |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | antiretroviral treatment happiness HIV/AIDS life satisfaction South Africa |
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