Perceived social support affects disease coping among people living with HIV: a study in Tehran, Iran

Faraji, Elham; Sardashti, Sara; Firouzeh, Mona Mohammadi; Aminabad, Fatemeh Jahanjoo; Mehraeen, Esmaeil; Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboobeh

doi:10.1016/s2222-1808(14)60806-9

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“…Our finding about the effects of individual-level variables is not consistent with our previous study in this area (14). This was possibly be due to the low number of females involved in that study (14) However, another research project in Tehran, Iran did not reveal any main differences between males and females regarding social support (15).…”

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confidence: 96%

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Social Acceptance for Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kerman and Rafsanjan, Iran

Bidaki

Rajabi

Rezaeian

et al. 2016

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background: Social acceptance in patients with HIV/AIDS is defined as the supports and aids offered by the community around them, which often leads to a better prognosis. If social acceptance is found significantly lower in HIV/AIDS-positive patients, proper planning can be designed to increase the knowledge, awareness and cultural level of society to promote patient acceptance. Objectives: This research was designed to determine social acceptance in patients infected with HIV/AIDS, referred to the health center of Rafsanjan and the behavioral consultation center in Kerman, Iran, in 2013. Patients and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 130 HIV/AIDS-infected patients were enrolled. They filled in the Marlowe-Crowne social acceptance questionnaire and their answers were evaluated according to the questionnaire key. The scores were calculated with statistical t-test and analyzed by SPSS software version 16. Results: Ninety (74.6%) patients were male and 33 (25.4%) were female. They were in the age range of 20-60 years old. Fifty four (41.5%) patients had moderate social acceptance and 76 (58.5%) had high social acceptance scores. Conclusions: Among the variables including age, gender, education, occupation, residential area, marital status, family history of HIV/AIDS, family history of psychiatric disorders, and CD4 lymphocytes count, the relationship between gender, familial history of psychiatric disorders and CD4 lymphocytes count on one hand and the social acceptance on the other hand were significant (P value < 0.05). It means that males with a family history of psychological disorders and patients with high CD4 lymphocytes count level had less social acceptance than others.

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“…Nevertheless, a study in Tehran, Iran showed that patients with higher monthly revenue had higher total social acceptance (15). An earlier research in china declared that unemployment was accounted as a risk determinant for suicidal ideation in such patients (17).…”

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confidence: 98%

Social Acceptance for Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kerman and Rafsanjan, Iran

Bidaki

Rajabi

Rezaeian

et al. 2016

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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“…Dimensions including seeking support with 8 items, acceptance with 5 items, disengagement / avoidance / escape with 9 items, and direct action with 3 items. The participants were asked to represent how often they used a particular strategy in the previous three months ( 39 ). The reliability coefficient of the scale was α=0.75.…”

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Drug injection and associated factors among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in Tehran, Iran

Karimi

Zanjari

SoleimanvandiAzar

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In our study, the prevalence of drug injection and associated factors among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in Tehran, Iran were studied. →What this article adds:This study showed the frequency of drug injection in the elderly living with HIV/AIDS was greater among men, those reporting a monthly income of 30000000 Rials, subjects with past experience of drug use, those with ≥2 years past from their HIV diagnosis, and those living with more than two people in one residential place.

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“…Empirical evidence testifies to the high prevalence of this phenomenon in Iran (Faraji et al . ). According to Seyed Alinaghi et al .…”

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Conditions of experienced stigma in people living with HIV in Iran: a qualitative comparative analysis

Akbari

Safari

2020

Sociology Health & Illness

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Stigma against people living with HIV (PLWH) seriously affects their quality of life. Moreover it can lead them to hide their HIV status from others, which in turn endangers public health. Many studies dealing with HIV-related stigma focus on the consequences of this phenomenon and pay less attention to the social conditions which affect different types of HIV-related stigma (anticipated, internalized and enacted stigma [ES]). Therefore, in this study, we tried to achieve more understanding about effective causal conditions of various types of experienced stigma. First of all, data were collected from 19 PLWH, using semi-structured interviews from those who had visited the Counseling Center for Behavioral Diseases in Mashhad. Secondly, the data were analyzed by applying a mixture of two methods: thematic analysis and qualitative comparative analysis (Boolean Algebra). The analysis of the data reveals that a combination of informing family members about HIV status, lack of family support, and medical support lead to anticipated stigma; a combination of religious beliefs and poor self-esteem results in internalized stigma and a combination of lack of family support, mistreatment by community, poor self-esteem, poverty and no religious beliefs lead to ES.

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Perceived social support affects disease coping among people living with HIV: a study in Tehran, Iran

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Social Acceptance for Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kerman and Rafsanjan, Iran

Social Acceptance for Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kerman and Rafsanjan, Iran

Drug injection and associated factors among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in Tehran, Iran

Conditions of experienced stigma in people living with HIV in Iran: a qualitative comparative analysis

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