Exploring Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) among patients with HIV-associated TB in Khayelitsha, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important and frequently used patient-reported outcome in health research. However, little qualitative research exists in this field in South Africa. This study was set in Khayelitsha, one of the largest informal settlements in South Africa, where the burden of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection are amongst the highest in the world and significantly affect HRQOL.

Objective

To explore the experience of HRQOL among patients living with HIV-associated TB.

Methods

We conducted sixteen interviews with male (n = 10) and female (n = 6) adult participants (ages 24-56; median age 35) to explore their HRQOL living with HIV-associated TB, related treatment and how this impacted on life domains they considered relevant f

SUBMITTER: Hickman JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534229 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature