Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Konan N\'Guessan

Publications

• Research Article
  Correlation between Health-Related Quality of Life and Various Therapeutic Monitoring Parameters of Ivorian HIV-Infected Patients
  Author(s): Danho Pascal Abrogoua, Boua Alexis Thierry Kamenan, Aime Brou, Konan N\'Guessan and Brou Jerome KablanDanho Pascal Abrogoua, Boua Alexis Thierry Kamenan, Aime Brou, Konan N\'Guessan and Brou Jerome Kablan
  
  Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important issue for HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The purpose of our study was to highlight particular items of HRQOL correlated to some monitoring parameters during ART in resource-limited settings (RLS): mean CD4 count, adherence, drug side effects (DSE), cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, self-medication and opportunistic infections. Methods: HRQOL and self-medication were evaluated cross sectionally at eighteenth month of ART with 231 Ivorian HIV-infected patients. Our survey was performed using the MOS-HIV questionnaire for HRQOL. The mean CD4 count during ART was determined with values measured at sixth month (M6), twelfth month (M12), eighteenth month (M18). Routine data from clinical visit at M6, M12, and M18 were used to assess longit.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000140

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