2010
Rural Residence Is Associated With Delayed Care Entry and Increased Mortality Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Ohl M, Tate J, Duggal M, Skanderson M, Scotch M, Kaboli P, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Justice A. Rural Residence Is Associated With Delayed Care Entry and Increased Mortality Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Medical Care 2010, 48: 1064-1070. PMID: 20966783, PMCID: PMC3138500, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181ef60c2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCohort StudiesConfidence IntervalsFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansMaleOdds RatioPatient Acceptance of Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRural Health ServicesRural PopulationSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesUrban PopulationVeteransConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusRural residenceCare entryHazard ratioHIV outcomesHIV severityRural personsVeterans AdministrationCombination antiretroviral therapy useHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionRural-Urban Commuting Area codesAdvanced HIV infectionAntiretroviral therapy useRetrospective cohort studyImmunodeficiency virus infectionMortality hazard ratioCommunity-level determinantsRural-urban variationDrug use problemsCART initiationCause mortalityHepatitis CCohort studyHepatitis BHIV infection
1999
Sensitivity, specificity, reliability, and clinical validity of provider-reported symptoms: a comparison with self-reported symptoms. Outcomes Committee of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group.
Justice AC, Rabeneck L, Hays RD, Wu AW, Bozzette SA. Sensitivity, specificity, reliability, and clinical validity of provider-reported symptoms: a comparison with self-reported symptoms. Outcomes Committee of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 21: 126-33. PMID: 10360804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional statusSymptom SurveyTest-retest reliabilityGlobal qualitySeverity scoreClinical validitySymptom measurementAIDS Clinical Trials GroupAdvanced HIV infectionSelf-reported symptom severityClinical Trials GroupSeverity of symptomsSymptom survey dataSelf-reported symptomsHIV infectionTreatment armsSymptom assessmentOutcomes CommitteeTrial groupSecondary data analysisPoor test-retest reliabilityHIV researchSymptom dataSymptom severitySymptoms