Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Defaulting from ART has detrimental consequences, including the development of viral resistance, treatment failure and increased risks of disease progression. Little is known about the quality of life of ART defaulters and reasons for discontinuing their ART.

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博茨瓦纳抗逆转录病毒治疗违约者的健康相关生活质量。

抗逆转录病毒疗法 (ART) 可改善患者的健康相关生活质量 (HRQoL)。抗逆转录病毒治疗的违约会产生不利后果，包括产生病毒耐药性、治疗失败和疾病进展风险增加。人们对 ART 违约者的生活质量以及停止其 ART 的原因知之甚少。