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Treatment Adherence, Meaning in Life and Affects in Quality of Life of HIV/AIDS Patients

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  • Ana Reis

    (Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria)

  • Leonor Lencastre

    (Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto
    Centre for Psychology of University of Porto)

  • Catherina Jonsson

    (Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto)

  • Marina Prista Guerra

    (Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto
    Centre for Psychology of University of Porto)

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the predictors of the QOL’s domains, specifically, to understand the relationship between biological markers, psychological variables and QOL of HIV/AIDS patients. Cross-sectional developed with 94 individuals with HIV/AIDS, who attend the outpatient clinic specialty and have had an antiretroviral prescription for 3 months. WHOQOL-Bref (QOL), CEAT-VIH (treatment adherence), Meaning in life scale (ML) and PANAS (affects), and sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire. The results of the predictive models of the QOL’s domains, when controlling for the viral load and the CD4 + T cell count, encompass affect balance, treatment adherence and meaning in life with the highest explained variance in the predictive models of QOL in physical 37.4% and psychological 33.9% domains. The affect balance is a predictor of all QOL’s domains and treatment adherence is a predictor of three of them. ML is a predictor of the psychological and environmental domains. This study emphasizes the importance of affect balance, treatment adherence and meaning in life for the QOL in HIV.

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  • Ana Reis & Leonor Lencastre & Catherina Jonsson & Marina Prista Guerra, 2020. "Treatment Adherence, Meaning in Life and Affects in Quality of Life of HIV/AIDS Patients," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(7), pages 2405-2417, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:21:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1007_s10902-019-00182-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-019-00182-y
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