Symptom management in patients with AIDS

McMahon, Kathleèn; Coyne, Noreen

doi:10.1016/0749-2081(89)90010-7

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“…Poorly controlled physical and psychological AIDS symptoms may lead patients to delay, reduce, or terminate treatment, which in turn can adversely affect the course of the disease (Antoni, 2003;McMahon & Coyne, 1989). Valente, Saunders, and Uman (1993) reported that the number of HIV symptoms experienced was positively correlated with both depression and change toward unhealthy self-care behaviors.…”

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The Symptom Experience of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

Makoae¹,

Seboni²,

Molosiwa³

et al. 2005

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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This study describes the symptom experience of 743 men and women living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Data were obtained in 2002 by using a cross-sectional design. A survey of participants included 17 sociodemographic items and the 64-item Revised Sign and Symptom Checklist for Persons with HIV Disease. Results indicate a strong correlation between the frequency of reported symptoms and their intensity (r = .84, p < .00). Participants who reported having enough money for daily expenses also reported significantly fewer symptoms. There were no significant differences in symptom frequency between men and women or by location of residence. The study showed a complex picture of HIV-related symptoms in all four countries. Because of the high levels of symptoms reported, the results imply an urgent need for effective home- and community-based symptom management in countries where antiretroviral therapy is unavailable to help patients and their families manage and control AIDS symptoms and improve quality of life.

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The Symptom Experience of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

Makoae¹,

Seboni²,

Molosiwa³

et al. 2005

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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“…Again, the symptom triggers the patient’s identification of the need for health-related interventions; however, patient perception of health-care professionals’ inability to manage symptoms may lead to a delay in or termination of treatment. As a result, nurses’ symptom assessment is a key pivot point between patient confidence in and lack of confidence in symptom self-management, and between optimal and suboptimal health care (Hoffman, 2013; McMahon & Coyne, 1989).…”

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A Longitudinal Approach to Understanding the Relationship Between Symptom Status and QOL

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This study demonstrates how a variant of growth curve modeling known as longitudinal parallel-process modeling can yield an understanding of the effect of symptoms on quality of life (QOL). A two-level hierarchical linear model with random intercepts and slopes was implemented within a structural equation modeling approach. The data (N = 367) comes from a large database of persons with HIV-associated illness. Twenty-three symptoms based on the Sign and Symptom Checklist for Persons with HIV disease and items measuring QOL from the general health status scales were used. Each respondent completed from 1 to 11 questionnaires. The number of reported symptoms had a significant association with patient QOL over time. These findings suggest that appropriate symptom management has the potential to improve patient QOL. This study demonstrates how a state-of-the-art longitudinal modeling technique evaluates the relationship between concurrent rates of change in measurements of two relevant variables.

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Management of cutaneous symptoms

Gallagher

1995

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

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Symptom management in patients with AIDS

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

The Symptom Experience of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

The Symptom Experience of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

A Longitudinal Approach to Understanding the Relationship Between Symptom Status and QOL

Management of cutaneous symptoms

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