Compassionate love predicts long-term survival among people living with HIV followed for up to 17 years

Ironson, Gail; Kremer, Heidemarie; Lucette, Aurelie

doi:10.1080/17439760.2017.1350742

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“…Although related studies have not established that CFT as an intervention was effective in reducing suicidal risks amongst newly diagnosed PLWHA, the findings in the current study were in line with these related studies that have shown how elements of self-compassion enhances various facets of health and well-being in PLWHA (e.g. O'Donovan & Gill, 2015;Skinta, et al 2018;Swansick, 2019;Ironson, et al 2017). However, findings from the current study disagreed with Webel et al (2015), who argued that self-compassion does not contribute relevantly to the experience of HIV symptoms amongst PLWHA.…”

Section: Discussion and Implication For The Hiv Care Multidisciplinary Teamsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Surprisingly, in a different study, the experience of HIV symptoms was found to predict reactions to living with HIV amongst PLWHA, although self-compassion was not found to significantly contribute to the experience of HIV symptom in that study (Webel et al 2015). Differently, Ironson, Kremer and Lucette (2017) established in a longitudinal study that being compassionate towards oneself and others have survival benefits for PLWHA. These findings imply that CFT may have potential benefits for reducing the risks of suicide in newly diagnosed PLWHA , although no published study was found to have demonstrated this.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 80%

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Compassion-Focused Therapy (Cft) As An Intervention Against Suicidal Ideation In Newly Diagnosed People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plwha) Attending A Nigerian Maternity Teaching Hospital

Ogueji

Okoloba

2020

Global Psychiatry

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ObjectivesIn Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is currently home to many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and suicidal ideation is amongst the common early problems of newly diagnosed PLWHA. This reflects the importance of including psychotherapy in HIV care. In this regard, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is the one that has not been a point of study for reducing suicidal risks in newly diagnosed PLWHA despite the relevance of CFT to the treatment/management of persons living with self-criticism or self-harm. To bridge this gap, we examined the use of CFT as an intervention against suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed PLWHA receiving antiretroviral therapy at the Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.MethodsTwenty-two participants (mean age = 40 ± 5.6 years) with less than 1-month-old clinical diagnosis of HIV who have recently thought about suicide because of the new HIV-positive diagnosis were purposively sampled and randomly assigned into the intervention and control groups. The CFT module and scale for suicide ideation were the research instruments. All data collected were analysed using SPSS (v.22.0), and statistical significance was determined at P<0.05.ResultsThe findings established that after administering CFT to the intervention group, the mean score for suicidal ideation was significantly lower in the intervention group compared with that in the control group.ConclusionThe results suggest that CFT has the potential to reduce suicidal ideation in newly diagnosed PLWHA; therefore, in addition to the antiretroviral therapy, the administration of CFT should be included in the early stage of HIV care, to reduce the risk of suicide that is associated with newly living with HIV/AIDS.

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Section: Discussion and Implication For The Hiv Care Multidisciplinary Teamsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 80%

Compassion-Focused Therapy (Cft) As An Intervention Against Suicidal Ideation In Newly Diagnosed People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plwha) Attending A Nigerian Maternity Teaching Hospital

Ogueji

Okoloba

2020

Global Psychiatry

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“…In patients diagnosed with HIV, positive feelings like compassionate love (Ironson et al 2017) and other PA and PA-relevant measures (e.g., meaning, altruism) predict slower disease progression (Ironson & Hayward 2008), a higher likelihood of achieving suppressed viral load (i.e., the treatment goal; Wilson et al 2017), and higher survival (Moskowitz 2003). For example, a recently published longitudinal study indicated that PA assessed with the CES-D subscale was associated with a higher likelihood of subsequent viral load suppression in women with HIV (Wilson et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Health behaviors. Likely behavioral candidates for mediators of the PA and health association include physical activity (e.g., Hoogwegt et al 2013;Kelsey et al 2006), sleep (e.g., Ong et al 2017b), and medication adherence (e.g., Ironson et al 2017). Although few studies look at more than one health behavior in a single study, Whitehead (2016) tested the cross-sectional association between PA and a range of self-reported health behaviors (e.g., exercise, eating healthy, smoking, alcohol, sleep, flossing, seatbelt use), and found that only high arousal PA predicted better outcomes (specifically healthy eating and exercise) and that NA did not predict when PA was in the model.…”

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Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?

Pressman

Jenkins

Moskowitz

2019

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

326

269

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Positive affect (PA) is associated with better health across a wide range of physical health outcomes. This review reflects on why the study of PA is an essential component of our understanding of physical health and expands on pathways that connect these two variables. To encourage forward movement in this burgeoning research area, measurement and design issues in the study of PA and health are discussed, as are the connections between PA and a range of different health outcomes. Plausible biological, social, and behavioral pathways that allow for positive feelings to get under the skin and influence physical wellness are detailed and framed in the context of several theoretical models. Finally, new directions for the field and important methodological and interpretative considerations that are essential to moving this important research area forward are explored.

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“…Physical symptoms and even death are manifestations of this empirical fact. Warm, caring service to others-whether to family, friends, strangers-is medicine that positively affects physical health and other aspects of whole-person flourishing (Chen et al, 2019a;Chen et al, 2019b;Ironson et al, 2018;Johnson et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2020b;Poulin et al, 2013).…”

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Health and Flourishing: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

Lee

Mayor

2022

Human Flourishing

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Human flourishing is a complete state of well-being, comprised of essential elements that are universally valued across cultures as ends in themselves rather than as means to ends. Understanding the ontological interconnectedness of individual and communal flourishing has important implications for health. A narrow view of health has been framed in biomedical—and frequently physical—terms as the absence of disease or impairment. But broader and more holistic understandings derived from long-standing wisdom in the humanities are increasingly being used in tandem with the allopathic approach, thereby offering a relational understanding of health that transcends a focus on physical infirmity and locates the individual in social, ecological, and spiritual contexts. This wisdom has profound implications for the organization of healthcare, including a restoration of compassion as the heart of healthcare practice, as recent iterations of lifestyle medicine and integrative medicine have demonstrated. A synthesis of interdisciplinary knowledge affirms the goal of building a wellbeing ecosystem that transcends self-centeredness and reimagines health as flourishing.

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Compassionate love predicts long-term survival among people living with HIV followed for up to 17 years

Cited by 8 publications

References 50 publications

Compassion-Focused Therapy (Cft) As An Intervention Against Suicidal Ideation In Newly Diagnosed People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plwha) Attending A Nigerian Maternity Teaching Hospital

Compassion-Focused Therapy (Cft) As An Intervention Against Suicidal Ideation In Newly Diagnosed People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plwha) Attending A Nigerian Maternity Teaching Hospital

Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?

Health and Flourishing: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

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