The Influence of Patient Experience with Healthcare on the Health-Related Quality of Life of People Living with HIV: An Observational Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient experience is central to the quality of healthcare delivery, showing positive associations with several outcome measures. The main objectives of this study are to analyze the influence of patient experience on the health-related quality of life in people living with HIV and the role played by treatment complexity and clinical care.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 467 patients with HIV. We used the Instrument for Evaluation of the Experience of Chronic Patients and the Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L). We analyzed a predictive model through the partial least squares (PLS) method.

Results

The patient self-management scores showed the highest positive relationship with the patient's health-related quality of

SUBMITTER: Fuster-RuizdeApodaca MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702509 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature