Symptom clusters in people living with HIV attending five palliative care facilities in two sub-Saharan African countries: a hierarchical cluster analysis

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2015
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Moens, K
Siegert, RJ
Taylor, S
Namisango, E
Harding, R
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Symptom research across conditions has historically focused on single symptoms, and the burden of multiple symptoms and their interactions has been relatively neglected especially in people living with HIV. Symptom cluster studies are required to set priorities in treatment planning, and to lessen the total symptom burden. This study aimed to identify and compare symptom clusters among people living with HIV attending five palliative care facilities in two sub-Saharan African countries.

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PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126554. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126554
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© 2015 Moens et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.