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Status and associated factors of self-management in people living with HIV/AIDS in Liangshan area, China: a cross-sectional study.
- Source :
- Patient Preference & Adherence; May2019, Vol. 13, p863-870, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: HIV self-management is a lifetime and central task for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). To date, there is little evidence to identify the related factors of self-management in PLWH from China. Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the status and related factors of self-management in PLWH from the Liangshan area of Sichuan Province, China. Patients and methods: A total of 322 PLWH were recruited from August to December 2017 in the study. Demographics characteristics and disease-related data were documented for each participant, social support was measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS-C), and self-management was evaluated by the HIV Self-Management Scale. Descriptive statistics analysis, independent Student's t-test, one-way ANOVA, Spearman rank correlation, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The total score of HIV self-management was 38.26±7.17. Significant differences in self-management scores were found among the subgroups of different education level, marital status, nation, religion, resident place, occupation, infection route, symptom, research site, and household per capita monthly income. Self-management was positively significantly correlated with social support. Multiple regression analysis identified that nation, resident place, gender, marital status, and social support were the contributors of HIV self-management. Conclusion: The study demostrated that self-management in Yi Autonomous Prefecture was relatively low. The results indicate that the associated factors of self-management should be considered to develop effective intervention to improve the self-management of PLWH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1177889X
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Patient Preference & Adherence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136880962
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S203799