Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study explored the pathological constitution as it relates to low quality of life in HIV-infected MSM patients, as a reference for clinical treatment.

Methods

It had a cross-sectional research design using structured questionnaires to collect data, including patient's basic data, CD4⁺, CD4⁺/CD8⁺ ratio, Wang Qi constitution, and WHOQOL-BREF-Taiwan version questionnaires. We considered the association between constitutions and quality of life of HIV-infected MSM patients. Results and Discussion. The project accepted 203 HIV-infected MSM participants. The three most common pathological constitutions were Yang deficiency 15.5%, yin deficiency 13.1%, and qi deficiency 11.2%. The study determined scores for various quality

SUBMITTER: Liao LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870692 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature