Table 1:

Complete search strategy for PubMed databases

Set	Strategy	Item found
#1	(((“Health-related quality of life”[Title/Abstract]) OR “quality of life”[Title/Abstract]) OR “HRQOL”[Title/Abstract]) OR “QOL”[Title/Abstract]	232040
#2	((((“HIV”[Title/Abstract]) OR “Human immunodeficiency virus”[Title/Abstract]) OR “HIV Infections”[Title/Abstract]) OR “AIDS”[Title/Abstract]) OR “Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”[Title/Abstract]	379565
#3	“Iran”[Affiliation]	126417
#4	#1 AND #2 AND #3	26