The impact of antiretroviral therapy on symptom burden among HIV outpatients with low CD4 count in rural Uganda: nested longitudinal cohort study

Date
2017-07-13
Authors
Wakeham, Katie
Harding, Richard
Levin, Jonathan
Parkes-Ratanshi, Rosalind
Kamali, Anatoli
Lalloo, David G
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Individuals with HIV have a high prevalence of physical and psychological symptoms throughout their disease course. Despite the clinical and public health implications of unresolved pain and symptoms, little is known about the effect of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) on these outcomes. This study aimed to assess the impact on symptom burden for the year after ART initiation in individuals with a CD4 count <200 cells/uL in Uganda.
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AIDS (Disease) - Palliative treatment, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Drug therapy, Antiretroviral agents, AIDS (Disease) - Psychological aspects, AIDS (Disease) - Uganda
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