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Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran

BACKGROUND: A considerable number of patients infected with HIV also have mental health problems. Individual psychotherapy is an effective way to treat these issues. Lack of social acceptance is a barrier to patients receiving proper medication and emotional/psychological support. OBJECTIVES: The pu...

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Autores principales: Bidaki, Reza, Mousavi, Seyed Mahdi, Bashardoust, Nasrollah, Sabouri Ghannad, Masoud, Dashti, Naser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27218064
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22243
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author Bidaki, Reza
Mousavi, Seyed Mahdi
Bashardoust, Nasrollah
Sabouri Ghannad, Masoud
Dashti, Naser
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Mousavi, Seyed Mahdi
Bashardoust, Nasrollah
Sabouri Ghannad, Masoud
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description BACKGROUND: A considerable number of patients infected with HIV also have mental health problems. Individual psychotherapy is an effective way to treat these issues. Lack of social acceptance is a barrier to patients receiving proper medication and emotional/psychological support. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the individual factors of social acceptance in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty HIV-infected patients who were registered in the Behavioral Consultation Center entered the study. Each of them filled out a questionnaire based on the Crown-Marlow social acceptance scale. Their answers were evaluated according to the questionnaire key. RESULTS: Forty-five patients (90%) were male and five (10%) were female. Their ages ranged between 28 and 52 years old. Other variables researched in this study include patients’ age, sex, education, occupation, place of living, marital status, family history of HIV, and family history of psychological disorders. Employed patients experienced more social acceptance than housewives and people who were unemployed or retired. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that HIV-infected patients with jobs enjoy a great deal of acceptance from the people around them and a higher quality of life in general. It also led to suggestions for further study with the purpose of finding more effective solutions for HIV prevention and better strategies for dealing with psychological disorders. Such research could also help in providing an enhanced understanding of the potential psychological impact that AIDS has on patients in Iran.
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spelling pubmed-48705442016-05-23 Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran Bidaki, Reza Mousavi, Seyed Mahdi Bashardoust, Nasrollah Sabouri Ghannad, Masoud Dashti, Naser Int J High Risk Behav Addict Research Article BACKGROUND: A considerable number of patients infected with HIV also have mental health problems. Individual psychotherapy is an effective way to treat these issues. Lack of social acceptance is a barrier to patients receiving proper medication and emotional/psychological support. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the individual factors of social acceptance in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty HIV-infected patients who were registered in the Behavioral Consultation Center entered the study. Each of them filled out a questionnaire based on the Crown-Marlow social acceptance scale. Their answers were evaluated according to the questionnaire key. RESULTS: Forty-five patients (90%) were male and five (10%) were female. Their ages ranged between 28 and 52 years old. Other variables researched in this study include patients’ age, sex, education, occupation, place of living, marital status, family history of HIV, and family history of psychological disorders. Employed patients experienced more social acceptance than housewives and people who were unemployed or retired. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that HIV-infected patients with jobs enjoy a great deal of acceptance from the people around them and a higher quality of life in general. It also led to suggestions for further study with the purpose of finding more effective solutions for HIV prevention and better strategies for dealing with psychological disorders. Such research could also help in providing an enhanced understanding of the potential psychological impact that AIDS has on patients in Iran. Kowsar 2016-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4870544/ /pubmed/27218064 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22243 Text en Copyright © 2016, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bidaki, Reza
Mousavi, Seyed Mahdi
Bashardoust, Nasrollah
Sabouri Ghannad, Masoud
Dashti, Naser
Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran
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title_full Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran
title_fullStr Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran
title_short Individual Factors of Social Acceptance in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Yazd Behavioral Consultation Center in Iran
title_sort individual factors of social acceptance in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) at the yazd behavioral consultation center in iran
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27218064
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22243
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