BACKGROUND: Patients infected with HIV value both longevity and health. OBJECTIVE: To understand how HIV-infected patients value their health. DESIGN: Interview study. SETTING: Regional treatment center for HIV. PATIENTS: 51 patients with HIV infection. MEASUREMENTS: Life-satisfaction, health rating, time-tradeoff, and standard-gamble scores. RESULTS: Of the 51 patients, 49% (95% CI, 35% to 63%) said that their life was better currently than it was before they contracted HIV infection; only 29% said that life was currently worse. The mean (+/- SD) time-tradeoff score was 0.95 +/- 0.10, indicating that, on average, patients would give up no more than 5% of their remaining life expectancy in their current state of health in exchange for a shorter but healthy life. The average health rating score was 71.0 +/- 18.7 on a scale of 0 to 100, and the average standard-gamble score was 0.80 +/- 0.27. Factors contributing to life satisfaction and time-tradeoff scores included spirituality and having children. CONCLUSION: Many patients with HIV have a strong will to live, and many feel that life with HIV is better than it was before they became infected.
BACKGROUND:Patients infected with HIV value both longevity and health. OBJECTIVE: To understand how HIV-infectedpatients value their health. DESIGN: Interview study. SETTING: Regional treatment center for HIV. PATIENTS: 51 patients with HIV infection. MEASUREMENTS: Life-satisfaction, health rating, time-tradeoff, and standard-gamble scores. RESULTS: Of the 51 patients, 49% (95% CI, 35% to 63%) said that their life was better currently than it was before they contracted HIV infection; only 29% said that life was currently worse. The mean (+/- SD) time-tradeoff score was 0.95 +/- 0.10, indicating that, on average, patients would give up no more than 5% of their remaining life expectancy in their current state of health in exchange for a shorter but healthy life. The average health rating score was 71.0 +/- 18.7 on a scale of 0 to 100, and the average standard-gamble score was 0.80 +/- 0.27. Factors contributing to life satisfaction and time-tradeoff scores included spirituality and having children. CONCLUSION: Many patients with HIV have a strong will to live, and many feel that life with HIV is better than it was before they became infected.
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