Characterizing the disability experience among adults living with HIV: a structural equation model using the HIV disability questionnaire (HDQ) within the HIV, health and rehabilitation survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People aging with HIV can experience a variety of health challenges associated with HIV and multimorbidity, referred to as 'disability'. Our aim was to characterize the disability experience and examine relationships between dimensions of disability among adults living with HIV.

Methods

We performed a structural equation modeling analysis with data from the Canadian web-based HIV, Health and Rehabilitation Survey. We measured disability using the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ), a patient-reported outcome (69 items) that measures presence, severity and episodic features of disability across six domains: 1) physical symptoms, 2) cognitive symptoms, 3) mental-emotional health symptoms, 4) difficulties carrying out day-to-day activities, 5) uncertainty and worryin

SUBMITTER: O'Brien KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615082 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature