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A comparison of quality of life between HIV positive and negative diamond miners in South Africa

A comparison of quality of life between HIV positive and negative diamond miners in South Africa

This study aimed to analyse the health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in two groups of diamond miners (HIV negative and positive) in South Africa using three instruments. Two hypotheses were to be tested. One, was that the HR-QOL of HIV positive miners would be lower than that of HIV negative miners; and two, the selected instruments would behave consistently and thus all would confirm hypothesis one.

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