Disease burden and variability in sarcoidosis

AK Gerke, MA Judson, YC Cozier… - Annals of the …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease with substantial morbidity and increasing
mortality. As part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's workshop to better …

A comparative review of health-related quality-of-life measures for use in HIV/AIDS clinical trials

DJ Clayson, DJ Wild, P Quarterman… - …, 2006 - Springer
With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV-infected patients are
living longer and are concerned not only with a treatment's ability to extend their life but also …

Psychiatric disorders and drug use among human immunodeficiency virus–infected adults in the United States

EG Bing, MA Burnam, D Longshore… - Archives of general …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background There have been no previous nationally representative estimates of the
prevalence of mental disorders and drug use among adults receiving care for human …

Co-morbidities in persons infected with HIV: increased burden with older age and negative effects on health-related quality of life

AT Rodriguez-Penney, JE Iudicello… - AIDS patient care and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
This study sought to determine the synergistic effects of age and HIV infection on medical co-
morbidity burden, along with its clinical correlates and impact on health-related quality of life …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs): putting the patient perspective in patient-centered outcomes research

CF Snyder, RE Jensen, JB Segal, AW Wu - Medical care, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) aims to improve care quality and patient
outcomes by providing information that patients, clinicians, and family members need …

HIV-1 infection is associated with an earlier occurrence of a phenotype related to frailty

L Desquilbet, LP Jacobson, LP Fried… - The Journals of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. Older healthy and HIV-infected adults exhibit physiological similarities. Frailty
is a clinical syndrome associated with aging that identifies a subset of older adults at high …

Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence

SB Mannheimer, J Matts, E Telzak, M Chesney… - AIDS care, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This study assesses changes in quality of life (QoL) over time among HIV-infected
individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and evaluates how this relates to ART …

Age, comorbidities, and AIDS predict a frailty phenotype in men who have sex with men

KN Althoff, LP Jacobson, RD Cranston… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Adults aging with HIV infection are at risk for age-related comorbidities and
syndromes, such as frailty. The objective of this study was to evaluate the expression and …

Health-related quality of life in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in the United States: results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study

RD Hays, WE Cunningham, CD Sherbourne… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To measure health-related quality of life among adult patients with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease; to compare the health-related quality of life of adults …

Direct and indirect effects of perceived social support on health-related quality of life in persons living with HIV/AIDS

T Bekele, SB Rourke, R Tucker, S Greene, M Sobota… - AIDS care, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Research has established a link between perceived social support and health-related
quality of life (HRQOL) among persons living with HIV/AIDS. However, little is known about …