Cent Eur J Public Health 2008, 16(3):111-115 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3461

Quality of Life of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Estonia

Kristi Rüütel1,2, Anneli Uusküla2, Anastassia Minossenko3, Helle-Mai Loit3
1 Development Center, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
2 Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
3 Department of Prevention of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

The assessment of quality of life is central to understanding how people's lives are affected by HIV infection. Estonia - the smallest of three Baltic countries - has experienced massive outbreak of HIV infection. Yet, little is known about the quality of life of HIV infected people in Estonia. The purposes of the present study were to adapt the World Health Organization's Quality of life HIV instrument (WHOQoL-HIV) into Estonian setting and to assess the quality of life in a sample of HIV-infected persons in Estonia.

Keywords: quality of life, HIV infection, injecting drug use, socioeconomic situation, unemployment, Estonia

Received: December 10, 2007; Revised: January 28, 2008; Accepted: January 28, 2008; Published: September 1, 2008  Show citation

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Rüütel K, Uusküla A, Minossenko A, Loit H. Quality of Life of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Estonia. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2008;16(3):111-115. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3461. PubMed PMID: 18935773.
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