naa a22 4500 510742173 CHVBK 20180411083032.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11482-012-9183-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11482-012-9183-9 Odek Willis Department of Sociology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut Formal Employment and Health-Related Quality of Life among People Living with HIV in South Africa [Elektronische Daten] [Willis Odek] This study examined the link between formal employment and characteristics of the workplace (especially awareness of workplace HIV policies and HIV status disclosure to work colleagues) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). The study analysed medical treatment and employment history since first being diagnosed as HIV-positive among 554 adults, 55% females, who had been on HIV treatment for at least 2years in South Africa. Additional cross-sectional data on HRQoL were collected using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) (QualityMetric Incorporated). Two hundred and forty four (44%) of the study participants (39% and 49% among males and females, respectively) were formally employed at the study interview. Formally employed study participants reported higher HRQoL than those not formally employed, as reflected in mean scores in the physical and mental component summaries of the SF-36 instrument. HRQoL was unrelated to study participants' CD4 count, viral load and duration since HIV diagnosis. Among the formally employed study participants, 27.9% reported awareness of workplace HIV policies in their organisations, while 50.8% said they had disclosed their HIV status to work colleagues. The awareness of workplace HIV policies was associated with higher mental component summary scores after controlling for study participants' socio-demographic characteristics, but had no significant association with the physical component summary scores. The disclosure of HIV status to work colleagues was associated with neither mental nor physical component summary scores. The finding of a positive association between formal employment and HRQoL among PLHIV suggest the need for facilitative interventions for employment entry and continuation among PLHIV for their wellbeing. Springer Science+Business Media B.V./The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2012 Employment nationallicence Health-related quality of life nationallicence People living with HIV nationallicence South Africa nationallicence Antiretroviral treatment nationallicence Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/2(2013-06-01), 145-168 1871-2584 8:2<145 2013 8 11482 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9183-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9183-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Odek Willis Department of Sociology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/2(2013-06-01), 145-168 1871-2584 8:2<145 2013 8 11482 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer