Nkhoma, K;
Ahmed, A;
Alli, Z;
Sherr, L;
Harding, R;
(2019)
Is symptom prevalence and burden associated with HIV treatment status and disease stage among adult HIV outpatients in Kenya? A cross-sectional self-report study.
AIDS Care
, 31
(12)
pp. 1461-1470.
10.1080/09540121.2019.1595514.
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Abstract
People with HIV experience a high prevalence and burden of physical and psychological symptoms throughout their disease trajectory. These have important public and clinical health implications. We aimed to measure: the seven-day period prevalence of symptoms, the most burdensome symptoms, and determine if self-reported symptom burden is associated with treatment status, clinical stage and physical performance. We conducted a cross-sectional study among adult (aged at least 18 years) patients with HIV, attending HIV outpatient care in Kenya. Data was gathered through self-report using the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Short Form (MSAS-SF), file extraction (sociodemographic data, treatment status, CD4 count, clinical stage) and through observation using the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS). Multivariable ordinal logistic regression assessed the association of symptom burden (MSAS-SF) controlling for demographic and clinical variables. Of the 475 participants approached, 400 (84.2%) participated. Ordinal logistic regression showed that being on HIV treatment was associated lower global distress index (in quartiles) (odds ratio .45, 95% CI .23 to .88; p = 0.019). Pain and symptom burden still persist in the era of antiretroviral therapy. Routine clinical practice should incorporate assessment and management of pain and symptoms irrespective of disease stage and treatment status in order to achieve the proposed fourth “90” in the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets (that is good quality of life).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Is symptom prevalence and burden associated with HIV treatment status and disease stage among adult HIV outpatients in Kenya? A cross-sectional self-report study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2019.1595514 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1595514 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | HIV/AIDS, pain and symptom prevalance, pain and symptom burden, antiretroviral therapy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075576 |
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