Khakha Deepika Cecil, Kapoor Bimla, Sharma Singh K
Lecturer, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medicine Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Former Director and Professor, Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2015 Oct-Dec;40(4):233-8. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.164385.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic, a major challenge as a health care problem of modern times. As the survival of life increases from the time of an HIV-positive diagnosis, growing concern for the quality of the life has been extended.
To assess and correlate the coping, social support and quality of life.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic of AIIMS, New Delhi. The sample comprised people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who were seropositive for last six months. The tools used to assess the coping, social support and quality of life were BREF COPE, MOS social support survey and WHO QOL-HIV BREF, respectively. Permission was taken from the authors of the tools. The ethical permission was taken from the center. The coping, social support and quality of life were assessed and their association was observed. Data were analyzed using SPSS 17.
The most commonly used coping styles were acceptance and religion. The social support used by most of PLWHA was tangible support and affectionate support, while the least used support was positive social interaction. The lowest quality of life is seen in social relations, followed by physical quality of life. There was positive association seen between coping and quality of life as well as social support and quality of life.
There was positive association between coping, social support and quality of life.
人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）/获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）是一种全球流行病，是现代医疗保健问题中的一项重大挑战。随着HIV阳性诊断后的生存时间增加，人们对生活质量的关注度也在不断提高。
评估应对方式、社会支持与生活质量之间的关系并进行相关性分析。
在新德里全印医学科学研究所的抗逆转录病毒治疗（ART）诊所进行了一项描述性横断面研究。样本包括过去六个月血清学呈阳性的HIV/AIDS患者（PLWHA）。分别使用简短应对方式问卷（BREF COPE）、医学结局研究社会支持调查（MOS社会支持调查）和世界卫生组织生活质量HIV简表（WHO QOL-HIV BREF）来评估应对方式、社会支持和生活质量。获得了这些工具作者的许可。获得了该中心的伦理许可。评估了应对方式、社会支持和生活质量，并观察了它们之间的关联。使用SPSS 17对数据进行分析。
最常用的应对方式是接受和宗教信仰。大多数PLWHA使用的社会支持是实际支持和情感支持，而最少使用的支持是积极的社会互动。生活质量最低的方面是社会关系，其次是身体生活质量。应对方式与生活质量之间以及社会支持与生活质量之间均呈正相关。
应对方式、社会支持与生活质量之间呈正相关。
