Aliche Chinenye Joseph, Idemudia Erhabor Sunday
Faculty of Humanities, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Dec 18:302228241310072. doi: 10.1177/00302228241310072.
Many people living with HIV (PLWH) experience death anxiety and depression, which may impact negatively on their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Mindfulness is a psychological resource that protects against death anxiety and depression and promotes HRQoL. Although a direct association among these variables exist, little is known about their interactive effect. This study examined the role of PLWH mindfulness in the relationship between (a) death anxiety and HRQoL, and (b) depression and HRQoL. Participants included 311 HIV patients (199 women, 122 men, mean age = 30.52) selected from a tertiary healthcare institution in Nigeria. They completed relevant measures. Results showed that mindfulness moderated the effect of death anxiety on HRQoL. Mindfulness also buffered the effect of depression on HRQoL. Clinical efforts to improve HRQoL of PLWH should consider mindfulness-based training program due to its potentials in mitigating the effects of death anxiety and depression on health and recovery.
许多感染艾滋病毒的人（PLWH）都经历过死亡焦虑和抑郁，这可能会对他们的健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）产生负面影响。正念是一种心理资源，可以抵御死亡焦虑和抑郁，并提高健康相关生活质量。尽管这些变量之间存在直接关联，但对它们的交互作用却知之甚少。本研究考察了PLWH正念在（a）死亡焦虑与健康相关生活质量，以及（b）抑郁与健康相关生活质量之间关系中的作用。参与者包括从尼日利亚一家三级医疗机构选取的311名艾滋病毒患者（199名女性，122名男性，平均年龄 = 30.52岁）。他们完成了相关测量。结果表明，正念调节了死亡焦虑对健康相关生活质量的影响。正念也缓冲了抑郁对健康相关生活质量的影响。由于基于正念的训练计划在减轻死亡焦虑和抑郁对健康及康复的影响方面具有潜力，因此为提高PLWH健康相关生活质量所做的临床努力应考虑该计划。
