‘I was thinking too much’: experiences of HIV-positive adults with common mental disorders and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe
| Autor: | Kirsty Macpherson, Lucy Potter, Marshall Marufu, Ricardo Araya, Tariro Makadzange, Ronald Munjoma, Debra Machando, Khameer Kidia, Melanie Abas, Primrose Nyamayaro, Steven A. Safren, Dixon Chibanda, Tarisai Bere, Conall O'Cleirigh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Zimbabwe Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Social stigma Anti-HIV Agents Culture Social Stigma Population HIV Infections Article Medication Adherence Interviews as Topic Thinking Social support Research Support N.I.H. Extramural Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Health care Prevalence Journal Article medicine Humans Spouses Psychiatry education Poverty Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Health Services Needs and Demand education.field_of_study business.industry Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Infectious Diseases Rumination Female Parasitology medicine.symptom business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Kidia, K, Machando, D, Bere, T, Macpherson, K, Nyamayaro, P, Potter, L, Makadzange, T, Munjoma, R, Marufu, M, Araya, R, Safren, S, O'Cleirigh, C, Chibanda, D & Abas, M 2015, ' 'I was thinking too much' : experiences of HIV-positive adults with common mental disorders and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe ', Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 903-913 . https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12502 |
| ISSN: | 1360-2276 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tmi.12502 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To document the lived experiences of people with both poor mental health and suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy in high HIV prevalence settings.METHODS: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 47 (female = 31) HIV-positive adults who scored above the cut-point on a locally validated scale for common mental disorders (CMDs). Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants with evidence of poor adherence. Six additional key informant interviews (female = 6) were conducted with healthcare workers. Data were collected and analysed inductively by an interdisciplinary coding team.RESULTS: The major challenges faced by participants were stressors (poverty, stigma, marital problems) and symptoms of CMDs ('thinking too much', changes to appetite and sleep, 'burdened heart' and low energy levels). Thinking too much, which appears closely related to rumination, was the symptom with the greatest negative impact on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adults with CMDs. In turn, thinking too much was commonly triggered by the stressors faced by people living with HIV/AIDS, especially poverty. Finally, participants desired private counselling, access to income-generating activities and family engagement in mental health care.CONCLUSIONS: Better understanding of the local expression of mental disorders and of underlying stressors can inform the development of culturally sensitive interventions to reduce CMDs and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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