1. SELF ESTEEM, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHIATRIC DISTURBANCES IN HIV POSITIVE DRUG DEPENDENTS ADMITTED AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN.
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AFZAL, SAMREEN, ZAREEN, GULL, DOGAR, IMTIAZ AHMAD, AZEEM, MUHAMMAD WAQAR, and SEHAR, SABA
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PEER pressure , *SELF-esteem , *QUALITY of life , *TERTIARY care , *HOSPITAL care - Abstract
OBJECTIVE To examine the self-esteem, quality of Life and psychiatric disturbances in HIV positive Drug dependents in Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional design. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted, in Model Drug Abuse; Trcatment Center DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan from February 2016 to February 2017. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 114 HIV positive drug dependents participated in the study through non-probability consecutive sampling. Demographic variable Proforma, Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, WHO QOL BREF and Self Report Questionnaire-24 wereadministered. RESULTS Results showed that about half of the sample lived in urban areas, was married and started abusing drugs on peer pressure and there was significantly positive correlation among all four domains of QOL. One sample t-test confirmed that majority of sample had low self-esteem (M = 11.25, SD - 432), t(113) - -9.26, p - 0.00 and high psychiatric symptomatology (M = 14, SD=4.4), t( 113)=23.1, p=0.00. CONCLUSION HIV positive drug abusers belonged to special population segments like young males, uneducated daily wagers or unemployed. Most of the HIV positive drug abusers had low self-esteem and high psychiatric disturbances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018