Spirituality and Religion among HIV-Infected Individuals

Szaflarski, Magdalena

doi:10.1007/s11904-013-0175-7

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“…Spirituality and religion improve health, quality of life, and help people living with HIV to cope with stress from stigma and discriminatory practices. (15) Facing the chronic AIDS phenomenon, the redefinition of living with HIV in participants with a longer time since diagnosis enables acceptance, adaptation and conformity to the disease, thereby providing opportunities to complete projects, social inclusion, affective and sexual relationships, and even higher treatment adherence. Similar results show that higher CD4 levels, an undetectable viral load, and increased time length of antiretroviral therapy increased quality of life.…”

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Qualidade de vida e fatores associados em pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS

et al. 2015

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Objective: To evaluate quality of life and the associated factors in people living with HIV/AIDS. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 146 people with HIV, receiving outpatient treatment. The instruments used were: a questionnaire for socioeconomic, demographic, epidemiological and clinical evaluation and the WHOQOL-HIV BREF scale for the quality of life evaluation. A descriptive analysis and a stepwise forward multiple linear regression test were performed. Results: There was a predominance of male gender, lower educational level, and people who were asymptomatic. The Level of Independence and Environment domains had the worst scores. Having a paid occupation, the income per capita, having a religion, a longer time since diagnosis, and adherence to treatment were positively associated with quality of life. A homo-affective relationship, having been stigmatized or suffered prejudice, the presence of psychosocial symptoms, and having acquired opportunistic infections were predictors associated with a poorer quality of life. Conclusion: Quality of life had associated predictors and compromise in two areas of the scale. ResumoObjetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida em pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS e os fatores associados. Métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado com 146 pessoas com HIV em tratamento ambulatorial. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: questionário para avaliação socioeconômica, demográfica, epidemiológica e clínica e a escala WHOQOL HIV-bref para avaliação da qualidade de vida. Foi realizada análise descritiva e empregado o teste de Regressão linear múltipla com modelagem stepwise forward. Resultados: Houve prevalência do sexo masculino, baixa escolaridade e assintomáticos. Os domínios Nível de independência e Meio ambiente tiveram os piores escores. Ter ocupação remunerada, renda per capita, possuir religião, maior tempo de diagnóstico e adesão ao tratamento associaram-se positivamente à qualidade de vida. Relação homoafetiva, ter sofrido estigma ou preconceito, presença de sintomas psicossociais e ter adquirido infecções oportunistas foram preditores associados à pior qualidade de vida. Conclusão: A qualidade de vida apresentou preditores associados e comprometimento em dois domínios da escala.

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“…These shortcomings might have obscured significant associations that might have been evident with larger sample size and might limit generalisation of our study findings. Third, we did not assess some other possible confounding variables of partner outcome to disclosure such as socio-economic status 2,3 , spirituality and religiosity 24 and socio-cultural dispositions to HIV-related stigma and discrimination. 25 Future studies are recommended to explore the effects of these variables, if any, on partner reactions to disclosure.…”

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Types and predictors of partner reactions to HIV status disclosure among HIVinfected adult Nigerians in a tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta

Ogoina¹,

Ikuabe²,

Ebuenyi³

et al. 2015

Afr H. Sci.

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Background and objective: Our aim was to describe the types and determinants of partner reactions to HIV-status disclosure among adults attending an antiretroviral therapy-(ART) clinic in the Bayelsa State, Nigeria Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken between January and March 2013 among consecutive adult patients who had disclosed their HIV-status to their current sexual partner. Sociodemograhic data and types of initial and subsequent partner reactions to disclosure were obtained using interviewer-administered standardized-questionnaire. Independent determinants of reactions to disclosure were ascertained by unconditional logistic regression. Results: Out of 123 study participants, 57.7% were females, 92% were receiving ART and 86.1% were currently married. Majority of the participants reported predominant positive or supportive initial (72.4%) and subsequent (89.5%) partner reactions to disclosure, with significant increase in positive reactions over time. Positive initial partner reactions were independently associated with prior post-test counselling-(Odds ratio [OR]-6.5, 95% Confidence interval [CI]-1.3-31.6-p=0.02), age>35years-(OR-5.8, 95% CI-1.6-20.9-p=0.008) and being healthy at time of disclosure-(OR-7.8, 95% CI-1.7-35.4-p=0.008). Subsequent positive partner reactions were significantly associated with receiving antiretroviral therapy and having only one lifetime sexual partner. Conclusion: Our results indicate that partner reactions to HIV-status disclosure are predominantly supportive. Disclosure counselling and early initiation of ART may be effective in improving HIV-status disclosure in Nigeria.

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“…In recent studies, it can be observed that spirituality has helped PLHIV to cope with HIV (Ironson, Kremer, & Lucette, 2016;Pecoraro et al, 2016). Other studies have indeed shown that spirituality is a resource used to overcome the challenges presented by HIV (Hussen et al, 2014;Szaflarski, 2013). Spirituality in overcoming adverse events could therefore play an important role among persons with HIV infection/AIDS, particularly among heterosexuals.…”

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Analysis of resilience and sexual behavior in persons with HIV infection

Araújo

Teva

Quero

et al. 2017

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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The main objective of this study was to evaluate ex post facto resilience in persons with HIV infection and its relationship to socio-demographic and sexual behavior variables. Participants included 159 persons with HIV infection, of both sexes, aged between 19 and 55 years. Fifty-one percent of patients were infected through homosexual means. Sixty-seven percent were in the asymptomatic phase of infection. Assessment instruments used were the following: a questionnaire on socio-demographic data and sexual behavior and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The evaluation was individual, voluntary, and anonymous. The results showed that 49.05% of patients had average resilience, 27.68% had high resilience, and 23.37% had low resilience. They found that heterosexual patients infected with HIV, diagnosed between 1985 and 1990 (23 and 28 years of diagnosis) and those who had disclosed their HIV status to more than 30 people, had greater resilience than homosexual patients, diagnosed between 1996 and 2000 (13 and 17 years of diagnosis) and those who had disclosed their HIV status to 1-5 people. Finally, resilience was not a predictor of sexual risk factor. It is suggested that health interventions take into account the resilience and psychological variables that may be beneficial to improve coping with the disease.

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Spirituality and Religion among HIV-Infected Individuals

Cited by 85 publications

References 77 publications

Qualidade de vida e fatores associados em pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS

Qualidade de vida e fatores associados em pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS

Types and predictors of partner reactions to HIV status disclosure among HIVinfected adult Nigerians in a tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta

Analysis of resilience and sexual behavior in persons with HIV infection

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