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The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran

Objective: Over the past years, the prevalence and the progression rate of HIV infection in Iran especially through high-risk sexual relationships have regrettably been reported at very high levels. This cross-sectional study tries to analyze stigma, mental health, and coping skills on risky behavio...

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Autores principales: Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz, Abedinia, Nasrin, Noorbala, Ahmad Ali, Mohraz, Minoo, Bayat Jozani, Zahra, Moradmand Badie, Banafsheh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820212
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author Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz
Abedinia, Nasrin
Noorbala, Ahmad Ali
Mohraz, Minoo
Bayat Jozani, Zahra
Moradmand Badie, Banafsheh
author_facet Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz
Abedinia, Nasrin
Noorbala, Ahmad Ali
Mohraz, Minoo
Bayat Jozani, Zahra
Moradmand Badie, Banafsheh
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description Objective: Over the past years, the prevalence and the progression rate of HIV infection in Iran especially through high-risk sexual relationships have regrettably been reported at very high levels. This cross-sectional study tries to analyze stigma, mental health, and coping skills on risky behaviors in HIV-positive adults in Tehran- Iran. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 450 HIV-positive adults. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the General HealthQuestionnaire-28, the Berger HIV Stigma Scale as well as the Lazarus Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOCQ). To analyze the data, the independent-samples t-test and Pearson Correlation were used. Results: The findings of this study revealed that mental health, stigma, and avoidance-escape coping mechanisms were correlated with risky behaviors (p ˂ 0.05).Furthermore, the amount of stigma among female individuals compared to men was reported at higher levels and mental health status in the given group was lower than among male individuals. Conclusion: It seems that psychological treatment techniques could be effective in improving mental health and reducing risky behaviors.
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spelling pubmed-63913052019-02-28 The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz Abedinia, Nasrin Noorbala, Ahmad Ali Mohraz, Minoo Bayat Jozani, Zahra Moradmand Badie, Banafsheh J Family Reprod Health Original Article Objective: Over the past years, the prevalence and the progression rate of HIV infection in Iran especially through high-risk sexual relationships have regrettably been reported at very high levels. This cross-sectional study tries to analyze stigma, mental health, and coping skills on risky behaviors in HIV-positive adults in Tehran- Iran. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 450 HIV-positive adults. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the General HealthQuestionnaire-28, the Berger HIV Stigma Scale as well as the Lazarus Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOCQ). To analyze the data, the independent-samples t-test and Pearson Correlation were used. Results: The findings of this study revealed that mental health, stigma, and avoidance-escape coping mechanisms were correlated with risky behaviors (p ˂ 0.05).Furthermore, the amount of stigma among female individuals compared to men was reported at higher levels and mental health status in the given group was lower than among male individuals. Conclusion: It seems that psychological treatment techniques could be effective in improving mental health and reducing risky behaviors. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6391305/ /pubmed/30820212 Text en Copyright © Vali-e-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz
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Bayat Jozani, Zahra
Moradmand Badie, Banafsheh
The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title_full The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title_fullStr The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title_short The Effect of Psycho-Social Problems on Risky Behaviors in People Living With HIV in Tehran, Iran
title_sort effect of psycho-social problems on risky behaviors in people living with hiv in tehran, iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820212
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