Housing characteristics and their influence on health-related quality of life in persons living with HIV in Ontario, Canada: results from the positive spaces, healthy places study.
Although lack of housing is linked with adverse health outcomes, little is known about the impacts of the qualitative aspects of housing on health. This study examined the association between structural elements of housing, housing affordability, housing satisfaction and health-related quality of life over a 1-year period. Participants were 509 individuals living with HIV in Ontario, Canada. Regression analyses were conducted to examine relationships between housing variables and physical and mental health-related quality of life. We found significant cross-sectional associations between housing and neighborhood variables-including place of residence, housing affordability, housing stability, and satisfaction with material, meaningful and spatial dimensions of housing-and both physical and mental health-related quality of life. Our analyses also revealed longitudinal associations between housing and neighborhood variables and health-related quality of life. Interventions that enhance housing affordability and housing satisfaction may help improve health-related quality of life of people living with HIV.
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network, 600-1300 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4T 1X3, Canada. sean.rourke@utoronto.ca
Sean B
SB
Rourke
Tsegaye
T
Bekele
Ruthann
R
Tucker
Saara
S
Greene
Michael
M
Sobota
Jay
J
Koornstra
LaVerne
L
Monette
Jean
J
Bacon
Shafi
S
Bhuiyan
Sergio
S
Rueda
James
J
Watson
Stephen W
SW
Hwang
James
J
Dunn
Keith
K
Hambly
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires