Journal of
AIDS and HIV Research

  • Abbreviation: J. AIDS HIV Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2359
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAHR
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 299

Full Length Research Paper

Psychometric properties of moore version of World Health Organization's Quality of Life (WHOQOL) HIV-BREF in persons living with HIV in Burkina Faso

Fidele Bakiono*
  • Fidele Bakiono*
  • Pole Epidemiologie et Biostatistique, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Faculte de Sante Publique, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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Patrice Wendpouire Laurent Guiguimde
  • Patrice Wendpouire Laurent Guiguimde
  • Unite de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Universite de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Sekou Samadoulougou
  • Sekou Samadoulougou
  • Pole Epidemiologie et Biostatistique, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Faculte de Sante Publique, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou
  • Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou
  • Pole Epidemiologie et Biostatistique, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Faculte de Sante Publique, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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Pascal Antoine Niamba
  • Pascal Antoine Niamba
  • Unite de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Universite de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Laurent Ouedraogo
  • Laurent Ouedraogo
  • Unite de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Universite de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Annie Robert
  • Annie Robert
  • Pole Epidemiologie et Biostatistique, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Faculte de Sante Publique, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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  •  Received: 10 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 07 May 2015
  •  Published: 31 May 2015

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