Oral health and health-related quality of life in HIV patients

• Main Authors: Vinicius da Costa Vieira (Author), Liliane Lins (Author), Viviane Almeida Sarmento (Author), Eduardo Martins Netto (Author), Carlos Brites (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Oral health care may improve the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of HIV/AIDS patients. We aimed to evaluate oral health and HRQoL of HIV/AIDS patients using antiretroviral therapy. Methods A cross-sectional study included 120 HIV-infected patients, aged ≥18 years, from Feb...