Impact of comorbidity and ageing on health-related quality of life in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals
Impact of comorbidity and ageing on health-related quality of life in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals
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DOI:
10.1097/qad.0000000000001511
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发表时间:
2017-06-01
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Nieuwkerk, Pythia T.
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作者:
Langebeek, Nienke;Kooij, Katherine W.;Nieuwkerk, Pythia T.
Background: HIV-infected individuals may be at risk for the premature onset of age-associated noncommunicable comorbidities. Being HIV-positive, having comorbidities and being of higher age may adversely impact health-related quality of life (HRQL). We investigated the possible contribution of HIV infection, comorbidities and age on HRQL and depression.Methods: HIV-infected individuals and uninfected controls from the AGE(h)IV Cohort Study were screened for the presence of comorbidities. They completed the Short Form 36-item Health Survey to assess HRQL and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire to assess depression. Linear and logistic regression were used to investigate to which extent comorbidities, aging and HIV infection were independently associated with HRQL and depression.Results: HIV-infected individuals (n = 541) reported significantly worse physical and mentalHRQLand had a higher prevalence of depression than HIV-uninfected individuals (n = 526). A higher number of comorbidities and HIV-positive status were each independently associated with worse physical HRQL, whereas HIV-positive status and younger age were independently associated with worse mental HRQL and more depression. The difference in physical HRQL between HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals did not become greater with a higher number of comorbidities or with higher age.Conclusion: In a cohort of largely well suppressed HIV-positive participants and HIV-negative controls, HIV-positive status was significantly and independently associated with worse physical and mental HRQL and with an increased likelihood of depression. Our finding that a higher number of comorbidities was independently associated with worse physical HRQL reinforces the importance to optimize prevention and management of comorbidities as the HIV-infected population continues to age. Copyright (C) 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.