TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Booysen, F. Le R.
AU - Van Rensburg, H. C. J.
AU - Bachmann, M. O.
AU - Louwagie, G.
AU - Fairall, L.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/s11205-006-9011-4
DO - 10.1007/s11205-006-9011-4
M3 - Article
SN - 1573-0921
VL - 81
SP - 283
EP - 329
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
IS - 2
ER -