Coping strategies of people living with AIDS in face of the disease

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the coping strategies of people living with aids to face the disease and analyze them according to sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle variables. Method: this is a cross-sectional quantitative study. The sample consisted of 331 people living with aids treated at an outpatient clinic at a referral hospital for treatment of aids. The Coping Strategies Inventory was used to collect the data. Results: emotion-focused coping modes were more frequently mentioned. The mean scores of women, workers, religious people, and people who never withdrew from the treatment were higher for all factors. Patients who had a partner, who lived with family members and who received treatment support, had higher mean scores in coping, withdrawal and social support factors. As for leisure and the practice of physical exercises, the emotion-focused modes also predominated. A correlation was identified between treatment time, schooling, family income and the factors of the Coping Strategies Inventory of. Conclusion: the study showed that the most frequent coping modes were those focused on emotion..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - 26(2018), 0

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rafael Tavares Silveira Silva [VerfasserIn]
Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva [VerfasserIn]
Iellen Dantas Campos Verdes Rodrigues [VerfasserIn]
Vinicius Lino de Souza Neto [VerfasserIn]
Bárbara Coeli Oliveira da Silva [VerfasserIn]
Francisca Marta de Lima Costa Souza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Adaptation Psychological
HIV
Mental Health
Nursing
Nursing Care
Psychiatric Nursing

doi:

10.1590/1518-8345.2284.2985

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ057985251