Living with HIV at the Point of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation: A Qualitative Study of Health-related Quality of Life and Readiness for Treatment at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa
Background: In the era of expanded antiretroviral therapy (ART), global HIV targets increasingly emphasise health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as a “fourth 95”, yet there is limited in-depth, patient-centred evidence on how adults in resource-constrained settings experience HRQoL and readiness to start ART. Aims: T...