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Quality of Life in People Living With HIV: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey in Belgium [1]

Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen   [2]

Peer reviewed scientific article

Engels

SCIENSANO

Auteurs

Gert Scheerder [3]; Sandra Van den Eynde [4]; Patrick Reyntiens [5]; Ria Koeck [6]; Jessika Deblonde [7]; Charles Ddungu [8]; Florence, Eric [9]; Christina Joosten [10]; Van Wijngaerden, Eric [11]; Alexis Dewaele [12]

Trefwoorden

  1. hiv [13]
  2. Quality of Life [14]

Samenvatting:

This cross-sectional survey explored the quality of life in 505 people living with HIV in Belgium. Several domains of quality of life were impaired: 26% had been diagnosed with depression and 43% had weak social support. HIV-related stigma is still widespread, with 49% believing most people with HIV are rejected and 65% having experienced discrimination due to HIV. The impact of HIV was limited on professional life, but 40% experienced a negative impact on life satisfaction and 41% a negative impact on sexual life. For several domains, people with a recent diagnosis of HIV and long-term sur…
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Samenvatting

This cross-sectional survey explored the quality of life in 505 people living with HIV in Belgium. Several domains of quality of life were impaired: 26% had been diagnosed with depression and 43% had weak social support. HIV-related stigma is still widespread, with 49% believing most people with HIV are rejected and 65% having experienced discrimination due to HIV. The impact of HIV was limited on professional life, but 40% experienced a negative impact on life satisfaction and 41% a negative impact on sexual life. For several domains, people with a recent diagnosis of HIV and long-term survivors had significantly worse scores. This survey also uncovered strengths of people living with HIV, such as positive coping and HIV self-image. Expanding the scope of quality of life in people living with HIV may provide a more complete picture of relevant life domains that may be impacted by living with HIV, but this needs further validation.

Associated health topics:

Hiv en aids [15]

Source URL:https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio/quality-life-people-living-hiv-exploratory-cross-sectional-survey-belgium

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[1] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio/quality-life-people-living-hiv-exploratory-cross-sectional-survey-belgium [2] https://sciensano.be/nl/gezondheidsonderwerpen/ziekten-en-gezondheid-kaart-brengen [3] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178115&f%5Bsearch%5D=Gert%20Scheerder [4] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178116&f%5Bsearch%5D=Sandra%20Van%20den%20Eynde [5] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178117&f%5Bsearch%5D=Patrick%20Reyntiens [6] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178118&f%5Bsearch%5D=Ria%20Koeck [7] https://sciensano.be/nl/people/jessika-deblonde/biblio [8] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178119&f%5Bsearch%5D=Charles%20Ddungu [9] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=50511&f%5Bsearch%5D=Florence%2C%20Eric [10] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178120&f%5Bsearch%5D=Christina%20Joosten [11] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=49452&f%5Bsearch%5D=Van%20Wijngaerden%2C%20Eric [12] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=178121&f%5Bsearch%5D=Alexis%20Dewaele [13] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=17832&f%5Bsearch%5D=hiv [14] https://sciensano.be/nl/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=18996&f%5Bsearch%5D=Quality%20of%20Life [15] https://sciensano.be/nl/gezondheidsonderwerpen/hiv-en-aids