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Well-being for HIV-infected patients

Current therapies to prevent viral replication have allowed HIV patients to survive. The new task for medical care providers is in reestablishing their patients into having a fulfilling life.

Expert HIV researchers, nutritionists, psychologists and PLWH need to inquire into the determining conditions of the quality of life among PLWH receiving antiretroviral therapy and resources in order to achieve a better quality of life for the patients and their families.

The six specific areas that need to be focussed are:

Social well-being: Friends, family, work, support networks, diversion and recreation.

Emotional well being: Self esteem, depression, sorrow, self-care, planning of life goals, contentment, adolescence.

Physical well-being: Diet, exercise, sleep, vaccination and game-value.

Sexuality: sexual health, safer sex, pregnancy and contraception.

Treatment: therapy in function, types of treatment, resistance, what are unfavourable events and how to arrange them.

Adherence: importance of medication and adjustment to life, how to rearrange or, to get over circumstances affecting life.

Posted at 01:26AM Sep 21, 2008 by Tanushree Banerjee in General  |  Comments[0]