HIV in Gujarat: An Exploration of Religious Coping Strategies and Quality of Life
| Autor: | Jiten Chaudhary, Vipulkumar K Patel, William C. Mathews, Paresh Chandegara, Alap J Mehta, Kartavya J. Vyas, Gulab R Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Aids patients
medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Health professionals Patient interviews Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological intervention Alternative medicine Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease_cause medicine Sociology Psychiatry Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 5:131 |
| ISSN: | 0976-5506 0976-0245 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/j.0976-5506.5.2.090 |
| Popis: | The present study investigated the relationships between religious coping strategies (positive and negative) and six quality of life domains (physical, psychological, independence, social, environment, and spiritual) in 160 HIV-infected patients in Gujarat, India. Data were collected from patient interviews at a public, university-based hospital in Surat. Participants with lower annual incomes used religious coping more often (≤0.01). Positive religious coping subscribers (34.4%) were more likely to have been infected recently (OR, 3.07; 95% CI, 1.19–7.95). After controlling for associated variables, all religious coping strategies were associated with a better quality of life in the following domains: physical, psychological, independence and environment (p 0.05). These results have implications for designing future religious coping interventions and for helping healthcare professionals assess religious coping in HIV/AIDS patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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