2008
DOI: 10.2989/ajar.2008.7.2.9.526
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Habitual physical activity levels are positively correlated with CD4 counts in an HIV-positive South African population

Abstract: In order to assess the relationship between CD4 cell count, habitual physical activity levels and functional independence in a South African adult population positive for HIV, we administered a questionnaire concerning lifestyle and physical activity. Data collection took place at an antiretroviral (ARV) roll-out site at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg. The study involved 186 HIV-positive outpatients (47 male and 139 female), with a mean age of 35.2 years, who were either taking (n = 121) or not taking (n … Show more

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“…The stoic attitude of our study participants to their HIV-related pain may have contributed to the attitude of the doctors. Even though many of them were in moderate-to-severe pain, the participants reported low levels of functional impairment, as did another sample of HIV-positive patients drawn from our metropolitan community (Kinsey et al 2008). Ambulatory HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa are very unlikely to confine themselves to bed (Voss et al, 2007).…”
Section: Pain Undertreatmentmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…The stoic attitude of our study participants to their HIV-related pain may have contributed to the attitude of the doctors. Even though many of them were in moderate-to-severe pain, the participants reported low levels of functional impairment, as did another sample of HIV-positive patients drawn from our metropolitan community (Kinsey et al 2008). Ambulatory HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa are very unlikely to confine themselves to bed (Voss et al, 2007).…”
Section: Pain Undertreatmentmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…Out of 84 potentially eligible studies, 45 were included in this review [37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80]. The search strategy and reasons for exclusion are shown in Figure 1.…”
Section: Study Selectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ezekiel et al 2009, Matoti-Mvalo and Puoane 2011. Limited space and impoverished living conditions in disadvantaged communities do not offer a favourable environment for practising physical activity (McVeigh et al 2004) and physical activity levels of people living with HIV are low in South Africa (Kinsey et al 2007(Kinsey et al , 2008. At the same time, "exercise training is an inexpensive and efficacious strategy for improving QoL in HIV+ African subjects, which may improve HAART [Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment] adherence and treatment initiatives in resource-limited areas of sub-Saharan Africa" (Mutimura et al 2008: 377).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%