Lower health-related quality of life predicts all-cause hospitalization among HIV-infected individuals

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a patient-centered outcome measure used in assessing the individual’s overall functional health status but studies looking at HRQOL as a predictive tool are few. This work examines whether summary scores of HRQOL are predictive of all-cause hospitalization in the US Military HIV Natural History Study (NHS) cohort. The Short Form 36 (SF-36) was administered between 2006 and 2010 to 1711 NHS cohort members...