Quality of life of people with human immunodeficiency virus and seroconcordant and serodiscordant partnerships.
Larissa Rodrigues Siqueira, Gilmara Holanda da Cunha, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes and 5 others
PMID 41059829WHAT IT FOUND
People with HIV with seroconcordant or serodiscordant partners had similar quality of life; most reported satisfactory quality of life.
Lower quality of life was linked to stigma, not accepting diagnosis, unemployment, low income, and female sex.
Key findings
01The seroconcordant and serodiscordant groups were similar in all quality-of-life domains, with no statistically significant difference.
02Most participants had higher perceived quality of life, and 21.6% had unsatisfactory general quality of life.
03Lower quality of life was associated with female sex, unemployment or sick leave/benefit, income lower than one minimum wage, not accepting the HIV diagnosis, and stigma.
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What it does not show
The sample was non-probabilistic and for convenience. It may not represent people with HIV outside these clinics. The study was cross-sectional. It cannot show that any factor caused lower quality of life. The COVID-19 pandemic interfered with data collection. Pregnant women were excluded, and participants had to be over 18, sexually active, and have a partner.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that serodiscordant partners have worse quality of life. The main comparison found no significant difference. The level-of-independence difference was only a trend.