Publication: Factors affecting health-related quality of life of HIV-infected key population in Myanmar
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2021-01-01
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13600451
09540121
09540121
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Mahidol University
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AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. (2021)
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Thiri Naing, Montarat Thavorncharoensap, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, Htun Nyunt Oo, Myo Set Aung Factors affecting health-related quality of life of HIV-infected key population in Myanmar. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. (2021). doi:10.1080/09540121.2021.2001417 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/78568
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Factors affecting health-related quality of life of HIV-infected key population in Myanmar
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This cross-sectional study examined factors affecting Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among 273 HIV-infected key populations. This included, men who have sex with men (MSM), people, who inject drugs (PWID), and sex workers (SW), who were currently receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Myanmar. Participants were recruited from four non-government clinics in four main cities. Overall HRQoL score derived from the WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire was 86.08 ± 10.78. The lowest score was found in the environment domain (13.64 ± 2.06), while the highest score was found in the spirituality domain (15.54 ± 3.04). According to the multiple logistic regression analysis, participants, reported having an adequate income (OR = 3.32, P = 0.006), regularly taking meditation (OR = 3.79, P = 0.009), living in Tachileik (OR = 15.43, P = 0.011), and reported having no symptoms during previous 2 weeks (OR = 14.50, P < 0.001), were more likely to have good HRQoL level. In contrast, patients receiving ART < 1 year (OR = 0.163, P = 0.028) reported having low ART adherence (OR = 0.17, P = 0.018) and reported anticipated stigma (OR = 0.23, P < 0.001) and internalized stigma (OR = 0.29, P = 0.006) were less likely to have good HRQoL level.