2008
Mild-to-Moderate Symptoms during the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy Worsen Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Individuals
Mannheimer SB, Wold N, Gardner EM, Telzak EE, Hullsiek K, Chesney M, Wu AW, MacArthur RD, Matts J, Friedland G, AIDS T. Mild-to-Moderate Symptoms during the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy Worsen Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Individuals. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008, 46: 941-945. PMID: 18279044, DOI: 10.1086/528859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Impact of Episodic CD4 Cell Count-Guided Antiretroviral Therapy on Quality of Life
Burman WJ, Grund B, Roediger MP, Friedland G, Darbyshire J, Wu AW. The Impact of Episodic CD4 Cell Count-Guided Antiretroviral Therapy on Quality of Life. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 47: 185-193. PMID: 17971716, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31815acaa4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeEpisodic antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionQoL assessmentTherapy groupInferior QOLMedian CD4 lymphocyte countContinuous therapy groupExcellent general healthCD4 cell countCD4 lymphocyte countCells/mm3HIV disease progressionCurrent healthAntiretroviral Therapy studyTherapy armMean followContinuous therapyLymphocyte countAnalog scaleQOL outcomesGeneral healthQOL instrumentsQoL comparisons
2005
Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence
Mannheimer S, Matts J, Telzak E, Chesney M, Child C, Wu A, Friedland G, Aids F. Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence. AIDS Care 2005, 17: 10-22. PMID: 15832830, DOI: 10.1080/09540120412331305098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyART adherenceQOL scoresQuality of lifeTerry Beirn Community ProgramsNewer ART regimensSummary QoL scoresCells/mm3Mean QOL scoreAntiretroviral clinical trialsHigher QoL scoresBaseline CD4ART regimensART-naïveHIV populationMean agePoor adherenceSF-12Clinical trialsImproved QoLClinical researchQoLAdherenceMonthsHIV