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Virology research J 2017 Vol 1 Issue 2
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July 26-27, 2017 | Vancouver, Canada
WORLD CONFERENCE ON STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
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Introduction:
HIV infection is the greatest health challenges
in worldwide. The identity of AIDs disease is that, It causes
the psychological and social distress including stress in
the patients. So the aim of the study is to determine
the effectiveness of interventional program based on
transactional model to promote coping strategies and their
health outcomes (stress reduction and improvement of
quality of life) in HIV positive patients.
Methods:
This current study was clinical trial. In the first
phase the validation of standards questionnaire according
to transactional model constructs were performed. Then
120 HIV- positive patients that had been referred to the
Counseling of Behavioral Disease Center at the Imam
Khomeini Hospital with inclusion criteria were selected. They
were assigned by random allocation method in two groups
including case and control whom related questionnaires
(pretest). According the results of pretest, empowerment
of interventional program including 6 session based on
constructs of coping self-efficacy, problem and emotional –
based coping efforts, religious coping, meaning based coping
and social support was designed and performed for case
group.
Results:
In this current study the mean age of participants
was 34.74(SD=7.14). After 3 month intervention phase,
interventional participants showed significant increase in
problem-based coping, emotional-based coping , meaning-
based coping and coping self-efficacy (P<0.05). compared
with control group, interventional group did not show
significant increase in religious coping (P=0.063).In addition,
interventional group reported lower perceived stress levels
than control group at the 3- month assessment (P=0.001).
Following intervention HIV-infected people indicated
a significant difference in dimensions of quality of life
included mental health (P=0.018), role physical (P=0.001),
role emotion (P=0.049), general health (p=0.001), vitality
(P=0.02).
Conclusion:
Development of tailored empowerment of
intervention programs based on transaction model can
improve adaptive coping strategies with stress and health
outcomes (perceived stress, quality of life) among HIV-
positive patients.
e:
shojae5@yahoo.comEmpowerment of HIV positive Patients in promoting coping strategies with stress and their health
outcomes
Davoud Shojaeziadeh, Nahid Ghorbanzadeh Shabestari
and
Motahareh Shojaeizadeh
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran