Polzer Casarez Rebecca L, Miles Margaret Shandor
School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Clin Nurs Res. 2008 May;17(2):118-32. doi: 10.1177/1054773808316735.
The purpose of this study was to describe how spirituality affected the lives of African American mothers with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the context of coping. This qualitative descriptive study used secondary data of interviews from a larger longitudinal study of parental caregiving of infants seropositive for HIV. Participants were 38 African American mothers with HIV. Data from longitudinal semi-structured interviews were analyzed using content analysis. The women dealt with the stresses of HIV through a relationship with God. Two domains explain this relationship: God in control and God requires participation. The benefits of their relationship with God were a decrease in stress and worry about their own health and that of their infants. It is important for nurses working with mothers with HIV to acknowledge their spirituality and assess how spirituality helps them cope with and manage their illness.
本研究的目的是描述在应对过程中，灵性如何影响感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）的非裔美国母亲的生活。这项定性描述性研究使用了一项关于HIV血清阳性婴儿的父母照料的大型纵向研究中的访谈二手数据。参与者为38名感染HIV的非裔美国母亲。使用内容分析法对纵向半结构化访谈的数据进行了分析。这些女性通过与上帝的关系来应对HIV带来的压力。两个维度解释了这种关系：上帝掌控一切和上帝需要人们的参与。她们与上帝的关系所带来的益处是压力减轻，对自身及婴儿健康的担忧减少。对于照顾感染HIV母亲的护士来说，认识到她们的灵性并评估灵性如何帮助她们应对和管理疾病非常重要。
