Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with HIV/AIDS in Bogotá, Colombia

Keaei, Mussa; Kuhlmann, Julien; Conde, Rafael; Evers, Silvia M. A. A.; Gonzalez, Javier G. R.; Govers, Mark; Hiligsmann, Mickaël

doi:10.1016/j.vhri.2016.05.001

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“…It is paramount for individuals living with HIV to adhere to the ART treatment, as these individuals could live long and healthy lives [5][6][7] . This is in line with previous research that showed that Colombian HIV patients receiving ART had relatively high health utilities 8 . Strict lifelong therapy adherence and optimal medication adherence is needed to guarantee the treatment's success 9,10 .…”

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A discrete choice experiment to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in the rural population in Colombia

Goossens

Cheung

Sijstermans

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Economics

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Aim: To elicit patients' preferences for HIV treatment of the rural population in Colombia. Methods: A discrete choice experiment (DCE), conducted in a HIV clinic in Bogot a, was used to examine the trade-off between five HIV treatment attributes: effect on life expectancy, effect on physical activity, risk of moderate side-effects, accessibility to clinic, and economic costs to access controls. Attributes selection was based on literature review, expert consultation and a focus group with six patients. An efficient experimental design was used to define two versions of the questionnaire with each of 12 choice sets and a dominance task was added to check reliability. A mixed logit model was then used to analyse the data and subgroup analyses were conducted on the basis of age, gender, education, and sexual preference. Results: A total of 129 HIV patients were included for analysis. For all treatment attributes, significant differences between at least two levels were observed, meaning that all attributes were significant predictors of choice. Patients valued the effect on physical activity (conditional relative importance of 27.5%) and the effect on life expectancy (26.0%) the most. Subgroup analyses regard age and education showed significant differences: younger patients and high educated patients valued the effect on physical activity the most important, whereas older patients mostly valued the effect on life expectancy and low educated patients mostly valued the accessibility to clinic. Limitations: One potential limitation is selection bias, as only patients from one HIV clinic were reached. Additionally, questionnaires were partly administered in the waiting rooms, which potentially led to noise in the data. Conclusions: This study suggests that all HIV treatment characteristics included in this DCE were important and that HIV patients from rural Colombia valued short-term efficacy (i.e. effect on physical activity) and long-term efficacy (i.e. effect on life expectancy) the most.

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A discrete choice experiment to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in the rural population in Colombia

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Cheung

Sijstermans

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Journal of Medical Economics

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“…Literature shows a number of factors associated with a low mean score of QOL in PLWHA including older age, low income, unemployment, low education, hospitalization due to HIV, and a CD4+ cell count <200 mm 3 19–21. However, little is known about the link between other sociodemographic variables such as the history of incarceration, drug abuse, and stigma.…”

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<p>Quality Of Life And Stigma Among People Living With HIV/AIDS In Iran</p>

Kalan

Han

Taleb

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BackgroundStigma against HIV profoundly affects the quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). We aimed to assess the factors associated with QOL in PLWHA in Iran, specifically HIV-related stigma, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.MethodsTwo hundred PLWHA participated in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected using sociodemographic, stigma, and WHO-QOL-BREF questionnaires. Correlations, ANOVAs, and Student’s t-distribution tests were performed as bivariate analyses. We employed stepwise multiple linear regression analysis to explore the main factors associated with QOL domains.ResultsSix domains of QOL were negatively correlated with three domains of stigma (p<0.001 for all). Stepwise multiple linear regression revealed that, after adjusting for confounders, lack of healthcare insurance, having no basic knowledge of HIV/AIDs prior to diagnosis, low monthly income of participants and family, and stigma (blaming and distancing, discrimination, and fear) were associated with low mean score of different domains of QOL.ConclusionOur findings indicated that increasing HIV/AIDS-related stigma decreases QOL in PLWHA in Iran. Attention toward decreasing stigma, improving healthcare plan, and cultivating economic condition should be given high priority to ensure improvement in total QOL and corresponding domains in PLWHA’s life.

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“…Several authors have reported population estimates of Hrqol in Colombia, but for patient populations affected by or being treated for chronic diseases (9)(10)(11)(12). Few of these studies have reported Hrqol normative data for the general population (13)(14)(15).…”

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Health-Related Quality of Life of an adult population sample in Barranquilla, Colombia

Acosta‐Reyes¹,

Navarro²,

Benitez-Agudelo³

et al. 2019

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Objective The aim of this study was to estimate values of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by focusing on the physical and mental health of an adult population sample in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia.Materials and Methods Cross-sectional study with 368 adults representing an adult population. The questionnaires included the health-related quality of life “CDC-Healthy Days”, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the Overall Disability Sum Score. The prevalence of fair or poor health status (FPH), frequent physical distress (FPD), frequent mental distress (FMD), and frequent activity limitation (FAL) was estimated according to socio-demographic characteristics, presence of depression, and physical disability.Results The mean age of 368 adults was 45.6 ± 18.3 years; 55.7% were males. Only 21% of this population considered their general health to be fair or poor. The prevalence of FPH, FPD, FMD and FAL was higher in women than in men, and increased with greater severity of depression and higher physical disability. Moreover, 12% of the population presented with mild depression, 3.8% with moderate depression, and less than 1% with severe depression. 94% of this population did not have an arms or legs disability.Discussion This study provides HRQOL values for an adult sample of the population of Barranquilla, Colombia. Overall, the HRQOL of this population, with subtle differences, is similar to other reports from Colombia. In general, women and people with depression and physical disabilities had a worse quality of life.

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with HIV/AIDS in Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The HRQOL scores of patients with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy were relatively high in Bogotá, Colombia, using the EuroQol questionnaire. The utility data could be useful, in combination with cost data, for future economic evaluations.

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A discrete choice experiment to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in the rural population in Colombia

A discrete choice experiment to assess patients’ preferences for HIV treatment in the rural population in Colombia

<p>Quality Of Life And Stigma Among People Living With HIV/AIDS In Iran</p>

Health-Related Quality of Life of an adult population sample in Barranquilla, Colombia

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