The Importance of Positive Psychological Factors among People Living with HIV: A Comparative Study.
Cristina Rivera-PicónMaría Hinojal Benavente-CuestaMaría Paz Quevedo-AguadoPedro Manuel Rodríguez-MuñozPublished in: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
We aim to identify the differences in psychological well-being, resilience, and coping strategies between healthy subjects and HIV patients. The design followed in this work was empirical, not experimental, and cross-sectional with a correlational objective. The sample included a total of 399 participants (199 patients with HIV and 200 without pathology). The instruments applied for data collection were as follows: a questionnaire on socio-demographic data, the Psychological Well-being Scale, the Resilience Scale and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. The study period was from February 2018 to January 2020. Patients with HIV had a significantly lower score than healthy subjects, in the resilience factors of perseverance and self-confidence. Subjects with HIV scored less in all dimensions of psychological well-being, with the exception of the dimension of autonomy. Finally, it was observed that HIV-positive subjects used rational coping strategies less frequently than healthy subjects, based on social support seeking and problem-solving coping. However, HIV patients scored higher in emotional coping strategies than healthy individuals.
Keyphrases
- social support
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- depressive symptoms
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- south africa
- cross sectional
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- climate change
- peritoneal dialysis
- big data
- patient reported
- mental health
- electronic health record
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes