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Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons Younger and Older than 50 Who are Living with HIV/AIDS

Kathleen M. Nokes

City University of New York, Hunter College

William L. Holzemer

University of California, San Francisco

Inge B. Corless

MGH Institute of Health Professions

Suzanne Bakken

University of California, San Francisco

Marie-Annette Brown

University of Washington

Gail M. Powell-Cope

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

Jillian Inouye

University of Hawaii, Manoa

Joan Turner

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Mortality rates are higher in older persons with AIDS. The Wilson and Cleary health-related quality-of-life model was used to explore whether there were differences on health-related quality-of-life variables between persons aged 50 or older (n = 73) and younger persons (n = 640) in a national sample. Depending on the level of the data, either independent t tests or chi-squares were calculated. Older participants reported significantly more medical conditions such as diabetes or hypertension (p = .000), more limitations in physical functioning (p = .006), and self-disclosure of HIV infection to fewer people (p = .000). There were no significant differences on any of the other variables. There are relatively few differences in older as compared to younger persons living with HIV/AIDS, yet mortality rates are higher in older samples. The relationship between the areas where there are differences and whether they affect morbidity and mortality need further exploration.

Research on Aging, Vol. 22, No. 3, 290-310 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027500223004
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