The presence and severity of episodic disability, and frailty, in people living with HIV in regional Australia: a cross-sectional study with a nested reliability and validity study of the HIV Disability Questionnaire.
Role
Chief Investigator
Description
This is a cross sectional study of people living with HIV. The study will report how much difficulty people living with HIV in a regional area such as Townsville have doing everyday tasks, hobbies, sports, their jobs, memory, emotion, or participating in social events. Together, these difficulties are known as disability and frailty. This research project will also test if the way these difficulties are measured in other parts of the world, such as north America and Africa, are suitable for regional northern Australia. Finding out the difficulties that people living with HIV have, will tell us if changes are needed in health and community services to improve the lives of people living with HIV in the Townsville area or other regional areas of Australia.
Date
01 Apr 2020 - 01 Jan 2025
Project Type
NON_FUNDED_PROJECT
Keywords
Disability;HIV;Frailty;Reliability;Northern Australia
Funding Body
Townsville Hospital and Health Service, James Cook University
Amount
0
Project Team
Dr Carol Flavell;Dr Michale Crowe;Associate Professor Kelly O'Brien;Associate Professor Anne Jones;Ms Penny Kenchington;Dr Ruth Barker