An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Spirituality, Coping, and Emotional Distress in People Living with HIV Infection and AIDS

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton M. Somlai ◽  
Jeffrey A. Kelly ◽  
Seth C. Kalichman ◽  
Gregg Mulry ◽  
Kathleen J. Sikkema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship

Evaluates levels of psychological distress, coping mechanisms, and their relationship with the religious beliefs and spiritual practices of people (N=65) living with HIV and AIDS. Results of the research indicate a strong relationship for spiritual dimensions with mental health, psychological adjustment, and coping. Concludes that a blending of spiritual traditions and mental health approaches are needed to facilitate the coping of people living with HIV and AIDS.

Religiosity and Adaptation in the Oldest-Old

1992 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Courtenay ◽  
Leonard W. Poon ◽  
Peter Martin ◽  
Gloria M. Clayton ◽  
Mary Ann Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has yielded mixed results with respect to the relationship between religiosity and adaptation in older adults. Most studies show that religiosity is stable over the life span, but that religiosity may or may not be related to such factors as physical and mental health, life satisfaction, and coping. This study adds to earlier investigations by including centenarians among the sample. The preliminary results of this research project support earlier findings that religiosity does not change significantly as one ages, although there is a trend in the results that suggests otherwise. The results also indicate a significant relationship between religiosity and physical health but no significant relationship between religiosity and mental health and life satisfaction. Religiosity and coping are strongly related, and there is the suggestion that religious coping mechanisms might be more important in the oldest-old.

scholarly journals Relationship between HIV stage and psychomotor speed neurocognitive score at a Kenyan sub-county hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael N. Kinuthia ◽  
Joseph M. Thigiti ◽  
Benson N. Gakinya
Keyword(s):  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
County Hospital ◽  
World Health ◽  
Disease Stage ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Disease ◽  
Psychomotor Speed ◽  
Cd4 Counts ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is associated with cognitive impairment which affects psychomotor speed. Psychomotor slowing is a predictor of dementia and death in people living with HIV and AIDS. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between HIV disease stage and psychomotor speed neurocognitive score which will add to the body of knowledge required to manage patients with HIV and AIDS. Objective: To determine the relationship between psychomotor speed neurocognitive score and the HIV disease stage in adults at initiation of care. Setting: This study was conducted at Kangundo Sub-county hospital comprehensive care centre. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. All HIV seropositive patients aged 18 to 50 years recently initiated into care were studied. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect data. The World Health Organization (WHO) stage was used during data collection to classify study participants into asymptomatic and symptomatic groups. The grooved pegboard test was used to obtain psychomotor speed neurocognitive scores. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise data. Mann–Whitney U test, Spearman’s rho and multiple linear regression were employed in the analysis; p-value of 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The WHO stage did not have a significant effect on the psychomotor speed neurocognitive score (p ≥ 0.05). The CD4 count had a significant effect on psychomotor speed neurocognitive score (p = 0.001). Conclusions: There was a significant correlation between CD4 counts and psychomotor speed neurocognitive score. Efforts should be made to ensure that the CD4 counts of people living with HIV and AIDS do not continue to fall after initiation into care in order to preserve psychomotor function.

scholarly journals Work-related concerns of South Africans living with HIV and AIDS

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Maloon ◽  
Freddie Crous ◽  
Anne Crafford
Keyword(s):  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Black South Africans ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Living With Hiv

Aspects relating to the management of HIV and AIDS are issues of extreme importance in South Africa at present. In light of this, a qualitative study was conducted to explore the work-related concerns of Black South Africans living with HIV and AIDS. Semi-structured interviews with 22 participants revealed that work-related concerns cannot be understood outside of general financial constraints and relationship issues. Additional categories emerging from the study are: coming to terms with HIV, fear of disclosure, job-related barriers and coping mechanisms. The implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations made. Opsomming Aspekte rakende die bestuur van HIV en VIGS doen hulle voor as vraagstukke wat van kardinale belang is in die Suid-Afrikaaanse opset. In die lig hiervan is ’n kwalitatiewe studie uitgevoer ten einde die werkverwante besorgdhede van swart Suid-Afrikaners met HIV en Vigs, te ondersoek. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude met 22 deelnemers het aan die lig gebring dat werkverwante besorgdhede moeilik, buite die konteks van algemene finansiële beperkinge en verhoudingsvraagstukke, te verstaan is. Addisionele vraagstukke wat geïdentifiseer is, is om tot aanvaarding te kom met HIV, vrees vir bekendmaking van HIV status, werksverwante hindernisse en hanteringsmeganismes. Die implikasies van hierdie bevindinge is bespreek en aanbevelings is gemaak.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Current and Severe Pain among People Living with HIV: Results from a Statewide Sample

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verlin Joseph ◽  
Abenaa Jones ◽  
Shantrel Canidate ◽  
Zachary Mannes ◽  
Huiyin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Severe Pain ◽  
Short Form ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are more likely to suffer from pain compared to the general public. Pain often clusters with mental health symptoms and substance use. This study sought to evaluate mental health and substance use factors associated with and pain and severe pain intensities among PLWH. Methods Data were derived from HIV+ adults (N=733) recruited from community health centers across Florida who completed questionnaires regarding demographics, chronic pain, HIV clinical outcomes, mental health symptoms, and substance use information. Pain was assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) short form. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was utilized to assess the relationship between selected covariates and pain. Results Approximately half (45.0%) of participants reported having current pain. After controlling for covariates, PLWH reporting current symptoms of anxiety or PTSD were 2.49 (CI=1.48, 4.18) and 1.69 (CI= 1.11, 2.57) times as likely to report pain compared to PLWH without those factors respectively. PLWH reporting current symptoms of anxiety and male participants were 2.03 (CI= 1.03, 4.01) and 2.02 (CI= 1.26, 3.24) times as likely to report severe pain compared to PLWH without those factors respectively. Conclusion The relationship between pain and mental health is complex, thus future research is needed to determine if pain treatments may reduce mental health symptoms or if treatments can be targeted to address both issues simultaneously

scholarly journals DINAMIKA DEPRESI PADA PENDERITA AIDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Imadduddin Parhani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Mental Health Problem ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Living With Hiv

Depression is a major mental health problem today. This is very important because people with depression productivity will decrease and this is very bad for a society and a country that is building. There are at least four chronic diseases that allow the depression sufferer, one of which is HIV and AIDS. Given the uncertainty over the fate of people living with HIV and AIDS had the potential to give rise to feelings of anxiety and depression. Someone who is infected with HIV and AIDS will be overcome by a feeling of dying, guilt about the behavior that makes infection, and taste sequestered by others.The cause of depression in people with HIV and AIDS by cognitive approach that is the mindset of people who deviate from the pattern of the logical interpretation or misinterprets an event or events, focusing on the negative situations that happened to him, and hope that pessimistic and negative about the future. Symptoms are raised is their depressed mood, decreased interest or pleasure in absolute terms, average of worthlessness or excessive guilt, thoughts of death. Response or reaction that occurs is refused, angry, and depressed when he learned he was infected with HIV and AIDS, and eventually be able to accept his situation. Efforts are being made to reduce depression are manifold. One is through social support to colleagues who also have HIV and AIDS.

The role of social support in moderating the relationship between HIV centrality, internalised stigma and psychological distress for people living with HIV

AIDS Care ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 850-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Brener ◽  
Timothy Broady ◽  
Elena Cama ◽  
Max Hopwood ◽  
John B.F. de Wit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals “It's Almost Like a Crab-in-a-Barrel Situation”: Stigma, Social Support, and Engagement in Care Among Black Men Living With HIV

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Quinn ◽  
Julia Dickson-Gomez ◽  
Michelle Broaddus ◽  
Jeffrey A. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Engagement In Hiv Care ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Support Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

Social support is associated with improved health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLWH), including initiation and engagement in HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Yet, stigma may negatively affect the availability and utilization of social support networks, especially among African American PLWH, subsequently impacting HIV care and health out-comes. This qualitative study examines the relationship between stigma and social support relationships among African American PLWH. We conducted 23 interviews with Black men living with HIV who reported being out of care or non-adherent to ART. Thematic content analysis revealed three primary themes including variation in social support, experiences of stigma and discrimination, and coping mechanisms used to deal with stigma. Findings reveal that although social support may be protective for some men, many African American PLWH face challenges in harnessing and sustaining needed social support, partly due to stigma surrounding HIV and homo-sexuality.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Current and Severe Pain Among People Living with HIV: Results From a Statewide Sample

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verlin Joseph ◽  
Abenaa Jones ◽  
Shantrel Canidate ◽  
Zachary Mannes ◽  
Huiyin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Severe Pain ◽  
Short Form ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: People living with HIV (PLHIV) are more likely to suffer from pain compared to the general public. Pain often clusters with mental health symptoms and substance use. This study sought to evaluate mental health and substance use factors associated with any pain and severe pain intensities among PLHIV. Methods: Data were derived from HIV+ adults (N=733) recruited from community health centers across Florida who completed questionnaires regarding demographics, chronic pain, HIV clinical outcomes, mental health symptoms, and substance use information. Pain was assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) short form. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was utilized to assess the relationship between selected covariates and pain. Results: Approximately half (45.0%) of participants reported having any current pain while 16.1% reported severe pain. The odds of having any current pain were 2.49 (CI 95% 1.48, 4.18, p<0.01) times greater among PLHIV reporting anxiety and 1.69 (CI 95% 1.11, 2.57, p=0.01) times greater among PLHIV reporting PTSD compared to those without those factors. The odds of having severe pain were 2.03 (CI 95% 1.03, 4.01, p=0.04) times greater among PLHIV reporting anxiety and 2.02 (CI 95% 1.26, 3.24, p<0.01) times greater among female participants compared to PLHIV without those factors respectively. Factors including depression, alcohol consumption, and marijuana use were not statistically associated with any current pain nor with severe pain.Conclusion: The relationship between pain and mental health is complex. Thus, future research is needed to determine if pain treatments may reduce mental health symptoms or if treatments can be targeted to address both issues simultaneously.

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